Voters have gone to the polls in the final round of Timor Leste’s presidential election. The choice is between the incumbent, Francisco Guterres, and former president and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta. Damien Kingsbury, emeritus professor of international politics at Deakin University, tells The World Ramos Horta’s place as the frontrunner has been secured thanks to the endorsement of the country’s first president, Xanana Gusamo.

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