FromOurArchives: Remember what the front pages of Philippine newspapers looked like during the 'bloodless' revolution that toppled a dictatorship in 1986? EDSA37 RememberEDSA
– looked like throughout the 4-day “bloodless” revolution that ultimately led to the toppling of the dictator.Then president Ferdinand Marcos met with the US ambassador to the Philippines at the time Stephen Bosworth and White House envoy Philip Habib who was sent by then US president Ronald Reagan. Habib, before leaving Malacañang, said that “Cory won the election and deserves our support. Marcos is finished, and we ought to offer him asylum.
Former Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, over Radio Veritas, asked Filipinos to leave their homes and support Enrile and Ramos. Ramos called the event “the revolution of the people” as he faced the public for the first time outside Camp Crame along EDSA. Marcos had his own inauguration in Malacañang with then chief justice Ramon Aquino. He later appeared before 2,500 people with his entire family.
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