The problem was that I became alone in that moment. Portugal forgot East Timor because on the one hand it was the revolution, on the other it was African decolonisation, and so many Portuguese there in such bad conditions."
I felt alone during that time because Portugal chose to forget about East Timor. This decision was influenced by both the revolution happening there and the broader wave of African decolonization, which led to a large number of Portuguese people in difficult circumstances.