The Burden Marthinho Must Bear
While President Megawati goes ahead with her visit to Timor Loro Sa'e, 50,000 refugees will still be languishing in West Timor as the independence of the new state is proclaimed. How long will this continue?
May 21, 2002
Timor Loro Sa'e's national flag is ready to be raised. Watched by hundreds of VIP invitees—from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to President Megawati— Indonesia's former youngest province is on the threshold of becoming an independent and sovereign country. Even those who fled across the border to West Timor are beginning to return home.
Not, however, Marthinho da Costa, who was born in Los Palos 50
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