He suppressed the Maoist New People's Army as part of his plan for the "New Society" or "Bagong Lipunan."
The American writer Hartzell Spence penned a laudatory biography of this man, entitled Every Tear a Victory, which claimed that as a child he accurately predicted the exact year he would become president. One of the people who eventually helped topple this ruler was the Catholic cardinal Jaime Sin. He suppressed the Maoist New People's Army as part of his plan for the "New Society" or "Bagong Lipunan." He also had three children, including Bongbong, with a former beauty queen who was castigated for owning 2700 pairs of shoes. He ordered the assassination of his chief opponent, Benigno Aquino, which led to his downfall in the People Power revolution under Aquino's widow. For 10 points, name this longtime dictator of the Philippines.
The American writer Hartzell Spence penned a laudatory biography of this man, entitled Every Tear a Victory, which claimed that as a child he accurately predicted the exact year he would become president.
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos