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Imelda Romualdez Marcos [4] (locally [ɪˈmelda ɾoˈmwɐldɛs ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in ...
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke posted Marcos's bail of $5 million. [9] [10] Marcos faced up to 50 years in prison and fines up to $1 million if convicted of all charges. [11] Following the illness and eventual death of her husband, Imelda Marcos became the main defendant. [6] The United States and Philippine governments worked closely to prosecute ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest Friday in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she plans ...
Quintero eventually released a three-page sworn statement that named 14 persons involved in the bribery scheme. The list included 12 of Quintero's fellow Convention delegates, the wife of delegate Artemio Mate, and Imelda Marcos. [12] The exposé tainted the convention, angered the anti-Marcos opposition, and scandalized the country.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyEverything old is new again in the Philippines where family names, wealth, and a virulent internet dominate a tumultuous race for the ...
The Philippine's former first lady Imelda Marcos is set to leave hospital on Thursday, after suffering from fever and a slight pneumonia, her son President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said. The 94-year ...
Marcos sent his wife, Imelda Marcos, to meet with Gaddafi in Libya in November 1976. Accompanying the First Lady was a 60-person entourage that included Industry Secretary Vicente Paterno. Imelda Marcos' duty was "to charm Col. Kadaffi into finally terminating aid and support for Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front". [8]
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the incumbent president and widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on ...