Countries:
East Timor
Topics:
Governance, History
Languages:
Portuguese

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Timor Leste: Esperanças no Dia da Independência...

FORUM HAKSESUK [pt] posts an article by Jorge Heitor about the anniversary of the independence of East Timor, and the uncertainty about the future. “Six years of independence for a suffering people, which has not yet fully met the freedom and development”. East Timor democratic self-government was achieved on May 20, 2002 after 24 years of occupation by Indonesia, and 3 years of UN governance.

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“East Timor: Still hoping on the Independence Day”

  1. May 23rd, 2008 at 23:55 pm
    Curtinhas da semana « lusosfera:
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    [...] falaram do aniversário dos seis anos de independência do país, no último dia 20, que citei em inglês e em [...]

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