The Diplomat

For 24 years East Timors freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta campaigned to secure independence for his country a Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975 The Diplomat takes up Ramos Hortas story in the final dramatic stages of his long journey the fall of Indonesias President Suharto the referendum to determine East Timors future the overwhelming vote for independence the devastating carnage that ensued the intervention of United Nations peacekeepers and Ramos Hortas final triumphant return to his homeland