It is not an upbeat article. Syjuco shows how one 'reformer' after another has been sucked into the corruption and cronyism that have characterized Philippine post-war politics.
These problems appear to be a legacy of Spanish colonial culture, one that is particularly difficult to overcome. Latin America has struggled with these problems for more than a century.
The DrsC were on Guam (another corrupt former Spanish colony) when the Marcos entourage paused there at Anderson AFB on their way to exile in Hawaii. Local gossip said they ran up very large bills at the PX, bills that were reluctantly covered by the U.S. State Department which was facilitating their exit from Manila. I wonder if the bills included shoes for Imelda?
