Podkas: Conversations on Philippine History, Politics, and Society

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May nagbago ba? Cory Aquino’s Speech in the US Congress

After the historic and momentous event that was EDSA People Power Revolution, the Philippines was on everyone's lips, especially Western democracies that saw the peaceful revolution as an opportunity to highlight the triumph of democracy over authoritarianism. President Corazon Aquino was invited to deliver a speech at a joint session of the United States Congress. The post-martial law government, or the EDSA Republic, could be understood better through said speech, the focus of this season's penultimate episode. Did things change after martial law? And was this change for the better? Let's find out.