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101 East - East Timor oil - Nov 13 - Part 1

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Uploaded by on Nov 14, 2008

Six years after independence, East Timor is mired in poverty. But it also sits on a future oil and gas boom. But will it be a blessing or a curse?

Fauziah Ibrahim interviews Xanana Gusmao, the East Timor prime minister.

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  • For your information, East Timor did fine until the US funded invasion and genocide by Indonesia. If you somehow think that these people deserve that, or think that their poverty is their own fault, you know fuck-all. This is pure American imperialism. They took it, denied it democracy, and then pretended it didn't happen. Given your comment here, I doubt you can offer a serious rebuke.

  • Choosing independence means preferring to live independent and ready to face any challenges. That's what we all Timorese believed when fighting the Indonesian occupation.

    "DO NOT ASK YOUR COUNTRY WHAT YOUR COUNTRY GIVES TO YOU, BUT ASK YOUR SELF WHAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR COUNTRY"

    VIVA XANANA, VIVA TIMOR.

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  • @ermera79 well said here :)

  • WOW!! 2:25 when he's buying rice he's holding a U.S. five dollar bill.

  • I don't think east timor will be free and rich...only will be free,when our oil and gas

    finish but not rich...Only more Poor...Our people help fight the Japanese and prevent

    the invasion of Australia...And now they are helping us,taking our Oil and Gas,for we can have our freedom faster...Thanks to them to be so Good Samaritans...

  • @shalynyong17 You wrong, Singapore wasn't as poor as Timorleste 40's years ago. The claim that Singapore was a fishing village 40's years ago is a silly propaganda to credited current Government ( PAP ). Do you see the Freemason building near City Hall MRT? if Singapore was a fishing village then why the fuck Freemason bother to settled in Singapore? The fact of the matter Singapore was a major trading port for east india company during the colonization era.

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  • shut the fuck up you indonesian freaks

  • Indonesia should kick out useless islands in the east. They give a lot of natural resources but they also give a lot of troubles.

    Indonesia lebih baik hanya terdiri dari Sumatra and Jawa.

  • where the potuguese government right now ? I think they couldnot help timorese since there is Australia who is ready to take advantage of timor oil.

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