Mr. Ramos-Horta is under mounting pressure to sustain his nation, Asia’s youngest and one of its poorest. Home to about 1.4 million people, East Timor is one half of an island that lies near the ...

In August, James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, visited East Timor. He used the opportunity to criticize the Indonesian government for its lack of progress ...