Language, Media and Defamation in East Timor

East Timor faces numerous tasks in the course of nation-building. One of them will be choosing a national languagea true dilemma given the complexities involved. Today, the governments preference is for Portuguesethe language of its old colonizerwhile Bahasa Indonesia, although widely spoken among people of all levels, is not a favorite. Professor Janet Steele of Columbia School for Journalism in the US, was in Dili recently and spoke with East T

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