Philippine Dictator

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  Late Dictator's Son Sworn In As Philippine President

  Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday praised his dictator father's rule after being sworn in as the country's new leader, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country's highest office.

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  Philippines Polls: Late Dictator's Son Wins Presidential Election

  The son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos won a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipino voters dismissed warnings his rise could put their fragile democracy at risk.

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  Late Dictator's Son Vs Rights Lawyer: What's At Stake In Philippines Polls

  Philippine voters head to the polls on Monday in a presidential election shaping up as a rematch between the son and namesake of the country's late dictator and the human rights lawyer who narrowly beat him in the 2016 vice presidential contest.

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  Twitter Suspends 300 Accounts Supporting Son Of Ex Philippines Dictator In Elections

  Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts reportedly linked to supporters of Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr, which the social media giant said had violated its rules on manipulation and spam.

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  Israeli President Lectures Philippine's Rodrigo Duterte On "Devil" Hitler

  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave a brief lecture on Hitler to Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday after the Philippine leader's 2016 remarks comparing himself to the Nazi dictator who carried out the Holocaust.

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  Rodrigo Duterte May Quit If Ex-Dictator's Son Becomes Vice President

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat, Duterte's spokesman said on Thursday.

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  Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte Says He's Tired, Old, Wants To Cede Power Early

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday sought to dispel concerns he will cling to power and become a dictator, saying he wants to achieve his goal of introducing federalism so that he can finish his term early.

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  Trump Calls Kim Jong Un A 'Madman With Nuclear Weapons,' According To Transcript Of Duterte Call

  President Donald Trump labeled North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a "madman with nuclear weapons" during a private phone conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last month, just days before stating publicly that he would be "honored" to meet with Kim.

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  Nude Students, Filipino Activists Protest Dictator Ferdinand Marcos' Burial

  Thousands of Filipinos, including more than a dozen nude students, protested against the hasty burial of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery, in a growing political storm that's lashing the president who allowed the entombment.

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  Exhume Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine Court Asked After Hero Burial

  Campaigners launched legal action on Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national heroes' cemetery triggered street protests.

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  Philippine Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Buried With Full Military Honours

  Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honours at a heroes' cemetery in the capital Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in Hawaii, amid protests by human rights groups and opposition politicians.

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  Philippine Court Temporarily Stops Burial Of Former Dictator In Heroes' Cemetery

  The Philippine Supreme Court ordered the government on Tuesday to put on hold a plan to bury former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery, a court spokesman said.

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  Ferdinand Marcos 'Hero' Burial Plan Sparks Philippines Protests

  Protests took place today in Manila over Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's plans to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a state burial.

• Ex-Philippine president Corazon Aquino dies of cancer

  Former President of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino, died on Saturday; she was 76.