There’s a festive mood in Asia’s youngest nation: Timor-Leste, a Southeast Asian country the size of Connecticut. On Sunday, the people of Timor-Leste will vote for their next parliament — and though the country has its challenges, its elections are ranked as some of the freest and fairest in Asia. How does the country pull this off? The World’s Patrick Winn reports.
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