East Timor pulled out all stops for Pope Francis’ historic visit to one of the world’s youngest and poorest countries to the tune of $12 million, drawing rebuke from activists and human rights organizations.
Juvenile suspect arrested after making terroristic threats to schools on Instagram, SAPD says4 hours agoWorldA man stands near a banner showing East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, left, shaking hands with Pope Francis, ahead of the pope's visit to the country, in Dili, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
East Timor’s Minister of State Administration Tomas Cabral, who heads the national organizing committee for the pope’s visit, said the $12 million was excessive but it was also being used for infrastructure development, such as road constructions, renovating churches and other public facilities. “The pope’s visit is the biggest, the best marketing anyone can aspire to promote the country, to put the country on the tourist map,” East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta said in an
Cabral said those were settlers and not traditional landowners who were squatting on state land. He said they were given advance notices and time to remove their structures and move out.
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