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Timor Leste’s First Quarter Century: Opportunities and Challenges
Having enjoyed 25 years as an independent entity, Timor Leste has a lot to celebrate. But there are major economic challenges. After 24 years of oppressive, sometimes brutal, Indonesian rule, Timor Leste achieved formal independence on 20 May 2002 (it …