Manuel Álvaro da Cruz
Manuel Álvaro da Cruz († between 1975 and 1978 in the Centro Sul resistance sector of East Timor ; also known as Manecas Cruz , or Manecas Crus ), fighting name Sekar, was an East Timorese independence activist and freedom fighter.
He was one of the Marxist-Leninist students at the Casa dos Timores in Lisbon . At the turn of 1974/75 he returned to his homeland, Portuguese Timor , where he became a member of the Central Committee of FRETILIN (CCF). After the invasion by Indonesia in 1975 , Sekar fought in the Centro Sul resistance sector (roughly today's communities Ainaro , Manufahi and the east of Cova Lima ), where he died until the end of 1978.
In 2006, Sekar was posthumously awarded the Ordem de Dom Boaventura .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jornal da República : Edition of December 20, 2006 , accessed on March 22, 2018.
- ↑ a b Antero Bendito da Silva, Robert Boughton , Rebecca Spence: FRETILIN Popular Education 1973-1978 and its Relevance to Timor-Leste Today , University of New England, 2012, accessed June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Timor Archives: REZUMU BADAK KONA -‐ BA SITUASAUN PAÍS NIAN MOLO 1a KONFERÉNSIA NASIONÁL NE'EBÉ HALA'O HOSI LORON-1 TO'O LORON-8 FULAN -‐ MARSU TINAN-1981. , accessed June 22, 2019.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cruz, Manuel Álvaro there |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cruz, Manecas; Crus, manecas; Sekar (battle name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Timorese independence activist and freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1975 and 1978 |
| Place of death | Resistance Sector Centro Sul of East Timor |