Posts By Hugo Fernandes
Making Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Accession a People-Centric Effort
May 25, 2011
At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta earlier this month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa circulated Timor-Leste’s application to join ASEAN to the nine other ASEAN member countries, recommending that it be given “urgent attention.”
Topics: Economic Development | Governance | International Development | Regional Cooperation | Washington DC
Countries: Indonesia | Singapore | Timor-Leste
Media in Timor-Leste: Freedom Under Challenges
January 6, 2010
Jose Belo, founder and editor of Timor-Leste’s local weekly newspaper Tempo Semanal, is familiar with uncertain terms. During the Indonesian occupation, the well-known and respected journalist was imprisoned and detained on numerous accounts for his efforts to expose official corruption. Now, Mr. Belo waits again. In October 2008, after his newspaper published an article alleging [...]
Topics: Conflict and Fragile Conditions | Governance | Law
Countries: Timor-Leste
From Timor-Leste: Books Reach Remote Villages
May 27, 2009
Last summer, we drove a mobile library – a specially equipped mini-bus fit for travel on our small island nation’s rugged roads – outfitted with books, audio recordings, and visual media from Dili to remote parts of the country. Nothing like it had ever existed in Timor-Leste before, and what we saw on our travels [...]
Topics: Books for Asia
Countries: Timor-Leste