# opponents and

**Published by:** [Required](https://paragraph.com/@required/)
**Published on:** 2022-05-06
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@required/opponents-and

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Many of the ills besetting the Philippines can be traced to Marcos, who took huge loans that he could not repay to keep the country afloat while his regime imprisoned and tortured opponents and spurred rebellions — but that is carefully avoided in his son's election narrative.

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