FULL CIRCLE Human rights activist Loretta Rosales sits behind a photo, a grainy military mugshot of her taken after she got arrested in 1976, at her house in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 23, 2022. Rosales, a victim of Martial Law under then president Ferdinand Marcos, now faces his son and namesake, Ferdinand Jr., who is running for the top post in the land in the May elections. PHOTO BY AP
MEMORIES of the "People Power" revolt by millions of Filipinos who helped overthrow Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos 36 years ago are bittersweet for Loretta Rosales, who opposed him as an activist and was arrested and tortured by his forces before his downfall.