Ramos-Horta in Bissau, on a Sunday morning.
I have been in Guinea-Bissau for few days only. It seems it has been much, much longer. No time to think about back home. But each time I think of the country, people, family, friends I left behind at...
View ArticleTesting Democracy in Myanmar
Writing for the Huffington Post, José Ramos-Horta and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus said that Myanmar’s treatment of the minority Rohingya people in Myanmar will be the new democracy’s proving...
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Correio de Bissau
Depois de 12 dias de uma verdadeira maratona de viagens e reuniões – Abuja (Nigéria), Yamoussukra (Costa do Marfim), Dakar (Senegal), Genebra e Mt Pellerin (Suíça), Bruxelas (Bélgica) e Lisboa...
View ArticleNew York Times/IHT: What Obama Needs to Tell Myanmar’s Leader
Published 20 May 2013 in the International Herald Tribune. President Thein Sein of Myanmar is in Washington this week, the first Burmese head of state to visit since the military dictator Gen. Ne Win...
View ArticleFive Months in
Fast forward. I’m now into my fifth month here, much of the time spent in many different capitals. The political process is moving slowly, maybe too slowly, for a country that is literally bankrupt,...
View ArticleOp Ed: Asia can no longer follow West’s polluting ways
The following Op Ed, co-authored by José Ramos-Horta and former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, appeared in the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, 18 February 2014. Click here to see...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is the world’s worst human rights crisis
José Ramos-Horta and Benedict Rogers José Ramos-Horta is former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Benedict Rogers works for the international human rights organisation Christian...
View ArticleThe Rule of Law as a Driver of Change
Following is the keynote address by José Ramos-Horta to a conference on Peace and Security in the City of The Hague, 2 April 2014. The title of the speech was Constructing the Global Agenda, The Rule...
View ArticleAus: Aid-for-trade program not what the doctor ordered
This editorial appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald and affiliated newspapers on May 13, 2014. It was written by José Ramos-Horta. The federal budget’s disappointing cuts to the foreign aid program...
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