We must close that part of history - Interview - magz.tempo.co

maaf email atau password anda salah

Xanana Gusmao:

We must close that part of history

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

. tempo : 178039646218.

HIS hair has turned all white. After all, he is no longer young. This coming June, Xanana Gusmao, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, will turn 60. He still stands erect but his waist has thickened. He is still a heavy smoker. Yet what has not changed about him is his dream: to be a vegetable farmer on the outskirts of the capital city of Dili.

Indeed, from the start, Xanana had always refused to be a president. I just wanted to

...

Subscribe to continue reading.
We craft news with stories.

For the benefits of subscribing to Digital Tempo, See More

The Best Choice

Rp 750.000/12 months

*Flexible payment methods
*Unlimited access to Tempo Plus & Tempo Magz

Subscribe

Rp 386.280/6 months

*Auto-renews every 6 months
*Cancel at anytime
*Unlimited access to Tempo Plus & Tempo Magz

Subscribe

See Other Packages

Already a Subscribed?
To receive daily news by Email,

More Articles

A Hail of Stones at Mile 72

Tempo English Tuesday, February 28, 2006
A Hail of Stones at Mile 72

Tempo English Tuesday, February 28, 2006
A Hail of Stones at Mile 72

Tempo English Tuesday, February 28, 2006
A Hail of Stones at Mile 72

Tempo English Tuesday, February 28, 2006

More exclusive contents

June 1, 2026
May 25, 2026
May 18, 2026
May 11, 2026

Independent journalism needs public support. By subscribing to Tempo, you will contribute to our ongoing efforts to produce accurate, in-depth and reliable information. We believe that you and everyone else can make all the right decisions if you receive correct and complete information. For this reason, since its establishment on March 6, 1971, Tempo has been and will always be committed to hard-hitting investigative journalism. For the public and the Republic.