Independence hero Xanana Gusmao is in the box seat in Timor-Leste's election, likely to receive a plurality of votes in the country's election. Should he go on to win office, it's likely Timor-Leste will dig in its negotiations over the Greater Sunrise gas field. | ABC News

Does Timor-Leste have the best election parties in the Pacific? 🇹🇱 ABC Pacific’s reporter Marian Faa is on the ground getting swept up in the festivities. Find out why the Timorese pour so much energy into election campaigns: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/timor-leste-election-dili/102368502 | ABC Pacific

"If we don't know how to involve young people in the development process, they can become a time bomb." With more than 60 per cent of Timor-Leste's population under 25, experts believe it will be the young people who will decide the outcome of the election: http://ab.co/2tfDoTB | ABC News

28 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1975. Dia da Proclamação da Independência da República Democrática de Timor-Leste. Day of the Proclamation of the Independence of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Imagens de Díli há 45 anos - Images of Díli 45 years ago Reportagem: Tony Smith / TV1 - Report: Tony Smith / TV1 “Não havendo reacção de Lisboa e face a inevitabilidade de uma ofensiva indonésia massiva, a Fretilin decidiu proclamar unilateralmente, a 28 de Novembro de 1975, a Independência da República Democrá