The new Philippines president is the son the late former President Corazon Aquino who was revered by many for her role in leading the "people power" revolt that ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

She was a junior minister in trade and industry during Corazon Aquino's presidency.

ECONOMIST: Gloria of the Philippines

This is alarming to me, because these are the same tactics she used when she joined President Corazon Aquino's cabinet.

CNN: Philippine Contenders

The last Filipino to excite such adulation was a reluctant politician, Corazon Aquino, whose presidency ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

ECONOMIST: A hero for the Philippines