Post-independence relations between a colonized country and its colonizer often end up being a love-hate relationship, depending on the sense of collective guilt. Which is why the attitude of Portuguese politician Ana Gomes, who claims her country has guilty feelings towards its former Timor-Leste (East Timor), is rather refreshing. It was her sense of guilt that led her to do something for Timor-Leste. In 1999, her role in Timor-Leste's liberatio