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The Portuguese-Timorese Alliance and the Coup That Cost Portugal Its Last Asian Colony
When the sun set on the Portuguese Empire, it set last in East Timor. This episode tells the story of how a tiny half-island in the Indonesian archipelago became Portugal's final colonial stand – and why the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon triggered a brutal tragedy half a world away. We trace the deep roots of Portuguese-Timorese relations: the sandalwood trade that drew the Portuguese to Timor in the 1500s, the Luso-Timorese families (topasses) who built a hybrid society, and the decades of neglect that left Timor a forgotten backwater. Then comes the turning point: the collapse of…
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