 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mutemo weU.S. kubvira kuma1940 wanga uri wokutsigira Indonesia, iyo yaigamuchira kudyara kweAmerica mupetroleum nezvinhu zvakasvibirira uye yaidzora nzvimbo inokosha zvikuru pedyo nemigwagwa inokosha yokufambisa. Muna 1975, bato reFretilin raiva kuruboshwe rakatora masimba pashure pehondo yevagari vemo muEast Timor zvino yava Timor-Leste, yaimbova koloni yePortugal iyo yaigoverana chitsuwa cheTimor nenharaunda yeIndonesia yeWest Timor. Vatungamiriri veIndonesia vaityira kuti East Timor yaizova musimboti wesimba rokuruboshwe waizosimudzira kufamba kwokupandukira mukati meIndonesia. Vanoshingaira vanorwisana neFretilin vemamwe mapato makuru vakatiza vachienda kuWest Timor ndokukumbira Indonesia kubatanidza East Timor uye kugumisa tyisidziro yamakomonisiti. Pana December 7, 1975, Ford naKissinger vakasangana naPurezidhendi weIndonesia Suharto muJakarta uye vakaratidza kuti United States yaisazotora nzvimbo paEast Timor. Indonesia yakapinda nechisimba zuva rakatevera racho, ndokutora nyika. United Nations, ichitsigirwa neU.S., yakadana kuti mauto eIndonesia abve. Hondo yevagari vemo ine ropa yakatanga, uye vanopfuura zviuru zana vakafa mukurwisana kana kuti mukuurawa kana kuti nenzara. Vanopfuura hafu yevagari veEast Timor vakava vapoteri vaitiza nzvimbo dzaidzorwa neFretilin. East Timor yakatora makumi maviri emakore kuti igadzikane, uye pakupedzisira, pashure pokupindira kwenyika dzakawanda munhamo yeEast Timor muna 1999, East Timor yakava nyika yakazvimirira muna 2002. 