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From 1974 to 1999, the small island of East Timor suffered one of the most brutal occupations in history. Under the Indonesian military, torture and disappearances were commonplace. Women were forcibly...
View Article1996 Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor independence leader
In 1975 Indonesia took control of East Timor, known today as Timor Leste, a small island at the bottom of the Indonesian archipelago that had been a Portuguese colony for 400 years. In the period that...
View ArticleBreakfast with the President
I am staying in a guest room at the “Presidential compound” in Dili. I have known José Ramos-Horta for more than ten years. When I first met him in 2000 I don’t think he even had a post. But he was a...
View ArticlePhoto gallery — Timor-Leste 2011
I have been pretty flat out since I arrived, working with his staff in the press office, and juggling work back in the US, a foot in both countries. I have an hour of downtime this afternoon. The US...
View ArticleLast road trip in Timor-Leste
I expect this to be my last Sunday in East Timor. Brian Pinkowski, an anti-corruption expert on a project in Timor, goes out every Sunday snorkeling and diving, so this week I tagged along with him. I...
View ArticleLong flight home
Dili-Singapore-Tokyo-Los Angeles. 37 1/2 hours straight in planes and airports. But I got a shower and five hours of sleep in Singapore, and overall a very comfortable flight on Singapore Air. Saw...
View ArticleBenghazi Was Not the Beginning of the End
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chairman of TheCommunity.com’s Advisory Board José Ramos-Horta puts some perspective on events in the Middle East. I share the civilized world’s revulsion at the...
View ArticleJosé Ramos-Horta: A Personal Tribute to Madiba
Nobel Peace Laureates were to be gathering in South Africa in the second week of October as guests of our revered colleague and brother Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President Frederik DeKlerk....
View ArticleOctober 16: A UN Vote to Watch
Update: We are happy to report that on October 16 “little” New Zealand won one of five two-year seats on the United Nations Security Council. Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta had been in New...
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