28 Nov 1975 a political party known as Fretilin unilaterally declared its independence from a distracted Portugal. Less than two weeks later on 7 Dec, a date that will live in infamy, Indonesia invades. By mid-Feb 1976 an estimated 60,000 Timorese were dead. Indonesia, after 15 a year of occupation, might have pulled off the … Continue reading East Timor: Note 2 →

28 Nov 1975 a political party known as Fretilin unilaterally declared its independence from a distracted Portugal. Less than two weeks later on 7 Dec, a date that will live in infamy, Indonesia invades. By mid-Feb 1976 an estimated 60,000 Timorese were dead. Indonesia, after 15 a year of occupation, might have pulled off the … Continue reading East Timor: Note 2 →