The late president Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986.

已故总统费迪南德·马科斯于1986年被民众起义所推翻。

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Yellow confetti rained from the buildings onto the street, reminiscent of the color the widow-turned-democracy icon chose for her campaign to unseat then-president Ferdinand Marcos.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

The new Philippines president is the son the late former President Corazon Aquino who was revered by many for her role in leading the "people power" revolt that ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

It once counted Ferdinand Marcos, the dictatorial president of the Philippines, as an ally.

ECONOMIST: Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank

He likened their struggle to the Philippines' own People-Power revolution to depose strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

CNN: Waiting To Move Ahead

The first wave of Filipinos left in the 1970s to escape stagnation under the then-dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.

ECONOMIST: It may soon fall down