From a Cell in Europe, Duterte Is Set to Win an Election in the Philippines

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From a Cell in Europe, Duterte Is Set to Win an Election in the Philippines

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in The Hague. The court also received deliveries of birthday cards. Lots and lots of them.They were all for the newest inmate, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, who turned 80 on March 28. He is accused of crimes against humanity, and he could spend the rest of his life in prison.“The place was inundated with flowers, and I brought some of the mail out because they didn’t know what to do with it,” Nicholas Kaufman, ..