The United Nation’s aid convoy to Sare in East Timor Last August, Pope Francis appointed a new Cardinal, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, from the tiny country of East Timor. East Timor had been a colony of Portugal until it was brutally occupied by Indonesia. I am not...
Max is a retired high-tech professional, who worked in the field as a programmer, teacher, and author of technical manuals. For about twenty years he was the Indonesia and East Timor Country Specialist for Amnesty International USA and an advisor for other human rights organizations. He now lives in Portland, Oregon.