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What region did Carlos Belo work towards establishing peace in?

  • West Timor

  • South Timor

  • North Timor

  • East Timor

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Carlos Belo was a Timorese priest who worked to establish peace in East Timor. He was the first Timorese priest to be ordained as a bishop, and he was appointed as the Archbishop of Dili in 1983. In this role, he became a leading figure in the resistance against Indonesian occupation of East Timor.
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