Former Philippine President Corzon Aquino has colon cancer (Wizbang Politics)

She came to power in 1986 thanks to the People Power revolution. From Reuters-

Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, whose conquest of one of the 20th century's most corrupt dictators made her an icon of democracy across the world, is suffering from colon cancer, her family said on Monday. The 75-year-old was diagnosed with the disease just two weeks ago, her daughter Kris said in an emotional address on national television. She will start chemotherapy on Tuesday.
Aquino, known as Cory to millions of Filipinos, was president from 1986 to 1992. But she is remembered, more than two decades after the fact, as the slim woman in yellow who led the "People Power" revolution that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The tumultuous events of those weeks in 1986, which culminated when up to 1 million people waving rosaries and flowers stopped tanks advancing towards Aquino-backed army rebels, became a fairy-tale revolution that gripped the world

I missed the People power revolution. My tour in the Philippines beginning in May 1987. Before I left the country in the fall of 1989, at least coup attempts were made against President Aquino. I narrowly missed a third in December 1989, being on a flight to Manila when it started. The Aquino years were a period of great unrest plus the usual Philippine political corruption.

As a fellow cancer survivor, I wish Ms. Aquino well with her chemotherapy treatments.

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Comments (1)

My prayers for Cory and her... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Jim Addison | March 24, 2008 3:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jim Addison:

My prayers for Cory and her family.

Readers may recall she wasn't the politician, her husband Benito was. He grew so popular that Marcos had him exiled, but he returned in defiance. When he got off the plane, one of the guards at the airport shot him, then killed himself. It was the public reaction to his assassination which spawned the whole "People Power" movement behind Cory.

Posted on March 24, 2008 15:24