President Rodrigo Duterte's two years in office in the Philippines have been marred by controversy, but with one big success: A booming economy. The jury is still out if that's because, or in spite, of him.
The brash, 73-year-old leader — nicknamed The Punisher when he was a crime-busting town mayor for two decades — has led an anti-drug war that's killed thousands of people, been labeled a misogynist, angered Catholics with his blasphemous statements and sidelined some of his enemies.
Yet an economy growing more than 6 percent and rising incomes have helped keep his popularity intact.