The file contains information on the East Timor Hope Foundation, including a pamphlet produced by the group and a letter addressed to the group from Abe Barreto Soares requesting funds.
Item consists of one pamphlet produced by the East Timor Hope Foundation, probably in the late 1990s, as well as a letter from Abe Barreto Soares dated 26 May 1997, requesting funds from the group to repay his loan from ETAN.
Leaflet published by ETAN/Canada in the 1990s, 6 pp. Contains a brief description of East Timor history, the East Timor Hope Foundation and the foundation's project.
Titled, East Timor: From ‘slavery & oppression & tyranny to freedom, it was presented by Abé Barreto Soares during the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) tour of North America, April 1993. It begins with Soares’ description of his experience and observations after the Indonesia military invaded East Timor in December of 1975. Soares explains his decision to join Renetil, the East Timorese students’ resistance organisation at Java’s Gadjah Mada University. He explains that the Santa Cruz massacre and subsequent arrest of his friends of Renetil compelled him to seek asylum in Canada. Next, he explains that although he does not fear arrest for speaking out, he worries about repercussions for his family and friends in East Timor. He then dispels the Indonesian narrative that the Timorese voted to become the 27th province of the Republic of Indonesia. Finally, Soares discusses the legacy of the Santa Cruz massacre and reminds listeners that the struggle against Indonesian occupation and human rights abuses will continue in East Timor so long as the Indonesian military remains in there.
East Timor "Development" or Colonialism? by Rui Augusto Gomes, Researcher at The Centro Leonardo Coimbra and Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Timor e Ásia Pacifico Faculdade de Letras, University of Oporto
Includes:
Introduction
The Representation of Economic "Development"
Pembangunan: A groundless Monument
The Other Face of Pembangunan
Pembangunan: Some Areas of Fiction
Conclusion: Pembangunan and the Emergence of Timorese Nationalism