Word: salsinha
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...these same men are struggling to find a place in the country they helped create. Many are maimed and traumatized, or find themselves without a family, a home, an education or a job. "We are the people who organized the war, which is why we have independence," says Antonio Salsinha, who works on a fledgling governmental program to identify former fighters who might one day receive financial aid. "But we feel forgotten...
...shadowy group Colimau 2000, composed of ex-guerrillas and disaffected East Timorese villagers, of extorting money from them. In Hatolia town, locals tell of being robbed at night by a gang led by a disgruntled Falintil veteran. Australian peacekeepers now patrol the area. "We are scared," says Antonio Salsinha, a resident from the nearby town of Ermera, "because we hear (Colimau 2000) rejects the authority of the government...
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