CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 2
NATIONAL LIBERATION AND FREIREAN PEDAGOGY IN EAST TIMOR Samuel Penteado Urban Irlan von Linsingen
On November 28th of 1975, East Timor won independence through the political association Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) against Portugal1. However, ten days later, Indonesia invaded the territory in December 1975, relying on US diplomatic support and arms, used illegally, but with secret authorization from Washington (Chomsky, 1999). In this sense, East Timor was the site of some of the worst atrocities of the modern era. (Chomsky, 1999a)2. Throughout this period, there was practice of a banking education model that aimed at domination (Silva, 2012). That is because the process of colonization was a commercial enterprise. “Our colonizers did not - and could hardly intend - to create, in the 1 East Timor is a small country located in Southeast Asia. Historically, Portugal dominated Timor from 1515 to 1975. 2 Indonesian invaders remained in the East Timorese territory until 1999. From 1999 to 2002, the country was under the provisional administration of the United Nations until the restoration of independence in 2002. 30
