
Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present
ANALYSIS: By Ivo Mateus Goncalves in Canberra Today, the people of Timor-Leste will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the popular consultation, through which the nation restored the independence it had prematurely declared in 1975. An election was held, a new president elected, new legislative members put in place and a new government sworn in as ... <a title="Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/30/timor-leste-turns-20-colonial-past-feeds-problems-of-neocolonial-present/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present">Read more</a>