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Has the Philippines Moved On From Marcos Sr.’s Dictatorship?

Por: Time World February 22, 2023

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Estrella Torres was jailed for two weeks when she was barely three years old. It was 1975, three years after then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared nationwide in the Philippines—a nearly decade-long some 70,000 people were detained, 34,000 tortured, and more than 3,000 extrajudicially killed. Torres’ father, an activist, had just been arrested for alleged sedition and rebellion. He, his wife, and their two children soon found themselves in... + full article



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