After Apec, Marcos heads to Hawaii

Not a fan: Demonstrators gathering outside the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu to protest a visit by Marcos and recall the actions taken by his late dictator father, Ferdinand Marcos. — AP

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with senior US military leaders and members of Hawaii’s large Filipino community over the weekend in a visit steeped in geopolitical and personal significance for the leader, but also drawing protests from a younger generation of Filipinos who point to the actions of his dictator father who died in exile in Hawaii.

Marcos, who stopped in Hawaii on his way home from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, connected Saturday evening with members of Hawaii’s large Filipino-American community before a Sunday meeting with Adm John Aquilino, the top US military commander in the Indo-Pacific region.