East Timor
East Timor is located on the small island of Timor (slightly smaller than Maryland). This land is situated between Indonesia and Australia. The other half of the island is Indonesia's province of West Timor. This small territory of East Timor is currently under a U.N. transitional government with total sovereignty scheduled for 2002-2003. The past of East Timor has been littered with Imperialism. Starting mid 1500's when Portugal "colonized" the territory through Japanese occupation during WWII, and again a return to Portuguese rule. Then in the wake of Portuguese de-colonization and civil war, a brutal military occupation by its new neighbor Indonesia.In 1509 the Portuguese arrived in the area of East Timor. They established their first settlements there in 1633. During the time before 1859 these two colonial powers signed a treaty establishing a boundary that divided Timor into the Dutch controlled west and the Portuguese controlled east. During Portuguese control many members of the native population where enslaved. In 1910 a rebellion of native peoples was suppressed after
The Invasion of East Timor by Indonesian forces and it de-facto rule over it have been marred with brutality and atrocities. In a meeting in Jharta (capital) 2 days before Indonesian's invasion of East Timor the U. Indonesia at this point in time is considered as a block to the "Domino Effect" of communist expansion in Southeast Asia. During the occupation there was brutal fighting and nearly 40,000 East Timorese where killed in the struggle. Indonesia's revolt against the Dutch was extremely successful ending in Indonesia's independence. also regarded the pro-independence forces in East Timor as communistic. It is during this time that Civil War broke out in the territory between pro-independence forces and pro-Indonesian forces. began it's mission of ensuring a smooth transfer of power in this new nation state. unable to deal with the violence evacuated East Timor.
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