 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Dutch East Indies yakawana rusununguko seIndonesia muna 1949, zvisinei Portugal yakachengeta koloni yayo paTimor. Kutevera chinjomuPortugal iyo yakabvisa udzvinyiriri hwaMarcello Caetano, nyika yakaita nhano dzokupa kuzvitonga kwayo kwakasara kuzvimiririra. Izvi zvakakonzera mhirizhonga muPortugal, uye muna 1975, Indonesia yakapinda nechisimba ndokuita kuti nyika yacho ive yayo. Vanhu vokuEast Timor vaida kuzvimiririra vakaramba kutongwa neIndonesia, uye muna 1999 vanhu vokuEast Timor vakasarudza kuti nyika yavo izvimiririre, uye yakazvimiririra muna 2002. 