By Raïssa Robles

In Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, we hear a lot of eerie echoes of the late dictator-Ferdinand Marcos.

Below is my talk sponsored by the Gallatin Human Rights Initiative and Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University in New York City on October 24, 2017 on the similarities between Marcos and Duterte’s way of thinking on human rights.

My thanks to Dr. Jerome Whittington of the NYU Department of Anthropology and Ruben Carranza of the International Center for Transitional Justice for being the discussants. [Read More…]