Philippines in Crisis

The eruption of Mt. Pinatuba represented more than the smothering of America''s Clark Air Force Base and many of President Corazon Aquino''s development plans. It also served as a metaphor both for the collapse of Philippine-American base negotiations, presaging an end to nearly a century of strategic relations, and for Aquino''s unsuccessful attempt to undo the colossal damage of the Marcos era a...