A lot of people from East Timor explain their country thusly: “Umm, it used to be part of Indonesia, but it became independent in 2002.” If that doesn’t work, they try: “It used to be a Portuguese ...
East Timor – It is a quiet afternoon in Lospalos. Just the clucking of chickens, the grunt of a pig and in the distance, a transistor radio playing Portuguese reggaeton; a typical small-town ...
Dili, East Timor – On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President Jose Ramos-Horta reflected on the last half-century of ...
In this Dec. 8, 2005 file photo, an Indonesian activist holds a poster of Munir Said Thalib during a rally to commemorate the International Human Rights day outside the state place in Jakarta, ...