 Kubva muna 1702 kusvika muna 1975, East Timor yaiva nharaunda yePortugal yaiva mhiri kwemakungwa yainzi Portuguese Timor. Muna 1974, Portugal yakatanga muitiro wokubvisa zvishoma nezvishoma nyika dzayo dzakanga dzasara mhiri kwemakungwa, kubatanidza Portuguese Timor. Mukati meiyi nhano, rwisano yavagari vemo pakati pemapato akasiana-siana eTimor yakatanga. Muna 1975, Indonesia yakapinda muEast Timor uye muna 1976, yakabatanidza nharaunda yacho zviri pamutemo, ichiizivisa kuva dunhu rayo rechi27uye kuritumidza kuti Timor Timur. Zvisinei, Sangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose harina kubvuma kubatanidzwa kwacho, richiri kuona Portugal sesimba rakarurama rokutarisira East Timor. Pashure pokuguma kwokupinda kweIndonesia muna 1999, uye nhambo yokuchinjira inotarisirwa neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose, East Timor yakava yakazvimiririra yePortugal muna 2002 ndokugamuchira zita rapamutemo reTimor-Leste. 