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Timor-Leste corruption
![Timor-Leste’s Draft Defamation Law Will Make It Harder to Curb Corruption Timor-Leste’s Draft Defamation Law Will Make It Harder to Curb Corruption](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-27-1.jpg)
Timor-Leste’s Draft Defamation Law Will Make It Harder to Curb Corruption
By Jonas Guterres
The broad scope of criminal defamation and its application presents a serious obstacle to journalists and whistleblowers seeking to expose corruption.
![The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-lds-2-image-1.jpg)
The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth
By Bardia Rahmani
Timor-Leste may have fought off two foreign invaders only to have its independence sold off by its own leaders.
![Timor-Leste: The Challenges of Democracy and Development Timor-Leste: The Challenges of Democracy and Development](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18070435017584.jpg)
Timor-Leste: The Challenges of Democracy and Development
By Jonas Guterres
Timor-Leste needs to exemplify in practice the values preached by its leaders to international audiences.
![Timor-Leste's Corruption Challenge Timor-Leste's Corruption Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-6805629134_7c2288a47c_b.jpg)
Timor-Leste's Corruption Challenge
By Jonas Guterres
Addressing corruption will be the key to achieving economic development and cementing democratic principles.
![Time (and Oil) Running Out for Timor-Leste Time (and Oil) Running Out for Timor-Leste](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-6805629134_7c2288a47c_b.jpg)
Time (and Oil) Running Out for Timor-Leste
By Anthony Fensom
The newly elected government will have to move quickly to diversify Timor-Leste's economy.
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