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ea esr oe lee kineed “Beteal ba Sametcamet omar | soWner. ‘When the Americats ook over the Philippines oft Teay of PaO 1898, dl by ors of hg oe Amoncan Warf 1498, se attr “kere eased out through economic ‘the United. toward their sew colony: The US, Tasiff Act of the Philippine Tariff Act of the same date cocal free trade between the two nites Scaecie wep Sar cose Of ete ener ear Oe oo “Shlcreared hoge pens om the FR peta ‘the quotas ns to get tea ie a nen in society ‘warts and positions. = So. well treated were they by tbe colon daasters that ney became the latter's clones, In the struggle for inde- peadence the Americans always had, ad contioue (0. ‘have, an ally inthem, an ea ‘pointed. out by ats, caty Heals Avepe we eames ing cian Df them io hs Book, The Betrayal of the Masses. Resist lass also esperar sierra oo manufacture they his by aeyemeetaas secs, Firs, World products Shirley Jeokins describes the Philippine economy ring the pre- war period in het book, American osmonde Pais Teac a Retin e— ro aay merely that was tate et af he Uned Seo Mercian cerialng eens poe Islands. For one ting, 1 conducted primarity, and for some commodities ex- chastvely, with the American market. This weal true for Total trade in the period since grown from-16 10.75. percent of tothe Unied States by seep ae eect aby Be ear oes es ery at foemen selpeil ersten 2k POH ~ “By the 1950s the te packing the Supreme Coart St ebtceindee, bo had awesome Inthe ion of bt afer, Mare weet powers vets tp aierent ofthe people, but Bis |! ‘self-interest. Because he needed the aupport ofthe 1US. be lent himself as thet country’s instrument for malo- ‘wining the dependency status of the Philippi be || for never has history shown that the rich: their own interest. at one | tarbiog the listening to the | ‘environment? | ee omy a ‘suergy supply, where is our economy: ‘Where are ‘With the Middle Saeebee aes etna h pi two pw obelone t ‘Kemal Ataturk, a Teadet who used the military for his used. dia was used tote wath pavers | m pea ed what their government is | ‘what the President was doing for | materialization of which det ‘wealth that could ever be eamed quickly tn the socially” acceptable way, ‘Time is never 00 the side of visionaries like him. Every day the power of the metropole grows and one must move uickly and improvise with the means of strogale {If indeed Mateos were an ally ofthe hietropole, should ‘sot this question be asked: Why- was be eliminated aod replaced by someone who promised to be his opposite? Ferdinand Marcos’ perceived historical sin has visited his wie mela his Fit Lady. she was perceived as an extension of | bis ictatop. Ste wes ctsed for ohotever she @6.0r «did not-do-becense she represented the half of the "Con- Jugal Dictatorship.” “She-was most criticized- when ste succeeded the-| ati tulgned tober by ber Rovbaa. Whe ate Wes ‘sent (0 the People's Republic of Chins-to negotiate for ‘ow-cost oil and low-interest loans and. suoceeted in ber ‘mission, media condemned her for taking oo the role of Snbarsador whes sbe neither had the Tight oor te {qualifications for the job. “To show ber unfitness: for the job-a joke was kept in-

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