Tag: East Timor
Pope calls on authorities to prevent ‘all forms of sexual abuse’ in the Church
Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday, September 9, the third stop on his long tour of Asia-Pacific. In his first speech at the presidential palace, the pontiff advocated…
In the South Pacific, Beijing touts its regional free trade and security agreement
There is a surprise plan in the pocket of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is starting a visit to the Pacific on May 26 (Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji,…
voters called to the polls to appoint their president
Presidential election this Saturday in East Timor. Nearly 860,000 voters are called to the polls to designate their new president for the next 5 years. Never since the country’s independence…
Trip to East Timor, a magical dive
Go on a trip to East Timor, a country ofarchipelago Indonesian ideal for scuba diving. It lies, for the most part, on the eastern half of the island of Timor,…