The improved situation in East Timor is a direct result of the 2007 election, when a coalition of pro-democracy parties defeated the ruling Fretilin Party. Peter Westmore reports.East Timor registered more than 10 per cent economic growth in 2008, East Timor’s President, José Ramos Horta, told a UN Security Council meeting last month. He added that he was optimistic about his country’s prospects in 2009.He said: “Our economy is doing very well with more than 10 per cent real growth at the…
