Overview of East Timor

The eastern half of the island of Timor, East Timor, is a former Portuguese colony that declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975. Nine days later, Indonesian forces invaded and occupied the former colony, with the tacit approval of the United States and Australia. Read More »

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Overview of East Timor is based on East Timor by Thomas Halloran, Bobbu, Robin, Peter Fitzgerald, Levi K., Claus Hansen, Bill Ellett, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.