What Happened to Ferdinand Marcos?

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Ferdinand loretta: I remember monts where we did not have alepe. If you were already alive during the time of marcos, yeu wouldn't agree that there was an abuse of authority. He spoke with my assistant, bernard cutrio, marcos is for peace. Don't see? He must like the hitler r ino. No, what ends up happening then to ferdinand marcos senior? Well, as i mentioned before, his family was overthrown in 19 86 and they fled to hawaii.

The son of repressive dictator Ferdinand Marcos was just elected president of the Philippines. All he had to do was rewrite his country’s history.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this story, our guest mistakenly said Ferdinand Marcos' body was flown from Hawaii to the Philippines in 2006. Marcos' body was returned to the Philippines in 2016. The incorrect date has been removed from the recording.

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