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Remittances - A Lifeline to Families in the Philippines

The Philippines was a colony of Spain for nearly 400 years. The United States helped the Filipino people battle the Spanish colonizers. In an effort to basically erase Filipino culture and replace it with American ideals, the U.S. set up American hospitals,. American schools with American teachers.

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