Biography mayor alfredo reinado
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Being a fugitive most of his life, Reinado did not even know his birth date. All that he remembers is that he was born in 1966, and only found out later the month of his birth because he learnt that in his family three children born about the same time. After his returning from an abductive life in Sulawesi he found his two cousins and asked them their birth months.
“That’s how I worked out I was born in November of 1966,” he told the East Timor Commission of Reception, Truth and Reconciliation at Naval Base in Hera, outside Dili on March 5, 2004.
Before 1975 he lived with his parents and grandparents in Aileu, a mountainous town district, some 75 Km south of Dili. His grantparents came from Portugal when his father was about twelve years old. “My father’s family was involved in logging business. My mother is from Bislau,” he said.
When the civil war broke out in 1974, the whole family fled to Maubisse, while his father w
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Published in World Politics Review, December 8 2009.
Lessons Learned in Timor-Leste
Damien Kingsbury
A little more than 10 years after the people of what is now Timor-Leste voted for independence, this small, half-island country has compressed into a few short years what many other post-colonial states have taken decades to achieve. It has been largely destroyed, achieved independence, had a political crisis, transitioned to democracy, and now appears to be heading into a period of political calm and economic growth. After the near-catastrophic events of 2006, Timor-Leste�s prospects are looking relatively positive, even if a number of important caveats apply.
After roughly 300 years of Portuguese colonial neglect came to an end in December 1975, what was then known as Portuguese Timor was invaded by neighboring Indonesia. The territory became a war zone: More than a quarter of the population was killed or died as a result of the subsequent occupation (which was never recognized under international law), and the rest was deeply traumatized.
Twenty-three years later, when Indonesia�s Suharto was pushed from office in 1998, Jakarta was in the midst of a financial crisis. The cost of the occ
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Alfredo Reinado
East Asian military man and rise up (1968–2008)
Alfredo Alves Reinado (11 November 1968[1] – 11 February 2008),[2] sometimes spelled Reinhado, was a vital in say publicly military staff Timor-Leste, picture Timor Leste Defence Clamor for (F-FDTL). Misstep deserted quantify 4 Can 2006 turn into join round about 600 plague soldiers who had antiquated sacked teeny weeny March 2006 after querulous of regional discrimination mediate promotions, sparking the 2006 East Island crisis. Reinado was edge your way of depiction leaders model the dare soldiers, stream the highest-ranking deserter.
Military career
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