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The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that began in 1983 and culminated in 1986.
Three commemorative sites along EDSA memorialize the People Power Revolution, put up by different organizations to commemorate different aspects of the People Power Revolution. [ 117 ] The Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, Our Lady of EDSA, better known as the EDSA Shrine is a small church put up in 1989 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...
The February 1986 RAM coup is notable for being the first major military action set in motion by the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, [1] and for advancing the timeline of the People Power Revolution, [4] [5] [6] which would otherwise have taken the form of a civil disobedience campaign led by Aquino, who had refused to back down after the ...
In 1986, some of these officers launched a failed coup d'état against Ferdinand Marcos, prompting a large number of civilians to attempt to prevent Marcos from wiping the RAM rebels out. [1] [2] This eventually snowballed into the 1986 People Power revolution which ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and forced him into exile.
On 22 February 1986, Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and General Fidel V. Ramos announced their break-away from the Marcos government, leading to the four-day People Power Revolution, which ended the Marcos rule and brought Corazon Aquino to power. [9]
A provisional revolutionary government was set up in the Philippines following the People Power Revolution which ended on February 25, 1986. The revolution removed President Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled as a dictator, from office and installed Corazon Aquino as the new president of the country. [1] [2]
ICIJ and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced by World Bank-backed projects since 2004. For email updates on our investigation, sign up below.
Gregorio "Gringo" Ballesteros Honasan II (Tagalog pronunciation:, born March 14, 1948), [3] is a Filipino politician and a cashiered [4] Philippine Army officer who led unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino.