 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo dzevagari vemo muAngolauye Mozambique nokukurumidza yakaputika, nehurumende dzinosvika dzemakomonisiti dzakaumbwa navaya vaichimbova vapanduki uye dzakatsigirwa neSoviet Union, Cuba, nedzimwe nyika dzamakomonisiti dzichirwisana namapoka anopandukira anotsigirwa nenyika dzakadai seZaire, South Africa, uye United States. East Timor yakazivisawo kuzvimiririra muna 1975 nokuita kuti vapoteri vakawanda vechiPutukezi vaende kuPortugal, iyo yaizivikanwawo seretornados. Zvisinei, East Timor yakakurumidza kupindirwa neIndonesia yakavakidzana nayo, iyo yakazotora nzvimbo yacho kusvikira muna 1999. Vanhu vakawanda vokuEast Timor vakasarudza kuzvimiririra, uye izvi zvakazoitika muna 2002, pakaitwa referendamu yakatsigirwa neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose. 