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DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

The Philippines’ Strongman Problem

Why Political Dynasties Are Dominating the Presidential Election

Foreign Affairs

The Marcos makeover: How history was rewritten to place a dictator's son on the cusp of power

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Sr, is poised to become the next president of the Philippines, despite his father's legacy of brutality and corruption.

ABC News

Philippines presidency frontrunner praises ‘genius’ dictator father

Ferdinand Marcos Jr ahead in polls for 9 May election in spite of notorious family history

The Guardian - UK

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The Philippines may vote Bongbong Marcos into office, even though his parents stole billions from the country

On a plane stuffed with diamonds, art, gold and $1 million in cash, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in disgrace. Three decades later, their son is set to become the country's next president.

ABC News

‘One diamond could have bought two airports’ – the Filipino recreating Imelda Marcos’s gems stash

The mind-boggling hoard of jewellery the plundering first lady tried to smuggle out of the Philippines is being remade as sculpture by artist Pio Abad – with all its sparkle gone

The Guardian - UK

Crooks, kleptocrats and crises: a timeline of Credit Suisse scandals

A string of controversies have beset Switzerland’s second-largest lender, including Japanese ‘shredding party’ and US sub-prime fraud

The Guardian - UK

Velvet gloves to iron fists: how complicit are the wives of dictators?

Freya Berry’s debut novel The Dictator’s Wife explores how tyrants deploy glamorous spouses to soften their image. Do they, too, have blood on their hands?

The Guardian - US

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 12 February 2022

This week we visit two Asian countries gearing up for election season, and cover shaman scandals in South Korea, and the same-old story in the Philippines.

inkl Originals

No handshakes: Philippine presidency hopefuls open campaigns

Campaigning in the Philippine presidential election has begun with candidates led by a late dictator’s son and the pro-democracy current vice president

The Independent UK

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