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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Description: Located in the Indonesian Archipelago, it is one of the newest countries in the world, Timor-Leste, or, as it's sometimes known in English, East Timor.While geographically very close, and pretty much surrounded by Indonesia, Timor-Leste has had a history very different from Indonesia. Their histories diverged when they became colonized by different countries and came to a head in the late 20th century. Learn more about Timor-Leste and its long painful path to independence on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.