DILI: Timor Leste is facing an uncertain future as resistance hero Xanana Gusmao prepares to step down as prime minister after helping hold the tiny nation together during the chaotic early years of its independence.
The country’s first president after independence in 2002 and now premier, Gusmao was among a group of guerilla fighters who emerged as leaders after the struggle against Indonesian occupation that followed the end of Portuguese rule in 1975.
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