In 1977, student-activist Archimedes Trajano boldly asked a question at a university open forum where presidential daughter Imee Marcos was speaking. Two days later he would be found mangled and lifeless on the street.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CVagMWXBv0e
References:
- http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Philippines/Trajano%20v%20Marcos,%20%20978%20F%202d%20493.pdf
- https://acesubido.net/ph-inflation-calculator/
- https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/147322/taste-fake-news
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Trajano
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Benigno_Aquino_Jr.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Ver
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imee_Marcos
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/734/415/1461643/
- https://lawlibrary.chanrobles.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48453:gr-130974-2006&catid=1482&Itemid=566
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/aug2006/gr_130974_2006.html
- https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/22/19/imee-marcos-aim-degree-true-or-false
- https://news.abs-cbn.com/opinions/11/16/16/opinion-imee-marcos-told-us-court-yes-archimedes-trajano-was-tortured-and-killed-but-its-none-of-your-business
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1043463/imee-says-hr-abuses-during-fathers-rule-are-just-political-accusations
- https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/imee-marcos-princeton-up-law-school-college-graduate-a00203-20181018
- https://www.in-philippines.com/fx-rates-historic-from-1965-usd-php/
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23284345/imee-marcos-princeton-years/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/25/world/a-filipino-on-the-spot.html
- https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/how-supreme-court-allowed-avoid-paying-damages-archimedes-trajano-death
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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