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Part One: Duterte: The Mass Murdering Mayor

Behind the Bastards

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Fire and Fury in the Philippines - The Boy's Jet

In 1965, when Rodrigo Duterte was 20, Ferdinand Marcos was elected president of the Philippines. The problems inherent in the system that the Philippines had inherited from the United States became more evident. So basically, they handed the Philippines essentially the same sort of political system the US has, but the Philippines did not have. And then his election is mayor of a city where he will murder people. But first, something that won't murder you: Fire and Fury in the Philippines.

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