East Timor Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sovereign state situated on several islands in Southeast Asia
About East Timor
The eastern half of the island of Timor,East Timor, is a former area ofPortuguesetrade and influence which Portugal declared a colony in 1702. After the overthrow of Portugal's right-wing dictatorship during the Carnation Revolution in April 1974, the country's significant colonial empire experienced a wave of decolonisation. Portuguese Timor declared itself independent on 28 November 1975. On 6 December, US President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Gen. Suharto in Jakarta, where they gave approval for the Indonesian "integration" of East Timor. The next day,Indonesianforces invaded and occupied East Timor, beginning a disaster of genocidal proportions. By July 1976 it had been annexed as the province ofTimor Timur. During this time, there was some support for T
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