CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 7
THE FULIDAIDAI-SLULU INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS: POPULAR EDUCATION AND PEASANT STRUGGLE Samuel Penteado Urban Antero Benedito da Silva Irlan von Linsingen
The invasions of Portugal (during the period of the Great Navigations and Imperialism) and Indonesia (during the period of the Cold War1) had different results in the Timorese society. One of these results materializing in the current educational context. To understand the educational context during the Portuguese domain, Silva (2012, p.1) presents an interview conducted by Bill Nicol with the Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste FRETILIN2 leader Roque Rodrigues. This leader “argued that the Portuguese colo1 After 1975, more specifically in the context of Indonesian invasion, the United States of America and Australia have relevant roles: the first one providing armaments and the latter with interest in oil present in the South Timor Sea. 2
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