East Timor: a year after independence*

I have been co-ordinating support for Timor Leste (East Timor) in the Salesians Missions Office for the past four years, during which time I have made nine visits to what is now the world’s newest nation.I’m frequently asked: how are things going now? Has everything settled down? Well, yes and no.There is certainly general peace and calm throughout the country. However, the people are very poor and many struggle just to get the basics.President Xanana Gusmao recently spotlighted that half the po…

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