Word: gusmao
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...woman in black is waiting for him. Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's poet-revolutionary and de facto leader, is working his way through a crowd of admirers. When he reaches her, she throws her arms around him and sobs uncontrollably on his shoulder. Her husband and brother were killed by the Indonesian-backed militia last September--what should she do with her five children? Gusmao holds her for a very long time, all the while talking in a low, soothing voice. Then he reaches up and gently wipes tears from the woman's face, kisses her on both cheeks...
...Gusmao's life is full of such powerful moments these days. Minutes later the crowd has raised him on their shoulders, and Gusmao is pumping his followers up again with his trademark rallying cry: "Viiiiva East Timorrrr! Viiiiva independencia...