The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in East Timor. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11, 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal.
UDT campaign in Dili for the 2012 parliamentary election
Francisco David Xavier Carlos (left) and Rodolfo Aparicio Guterres (right) with President Francisco Guterres
Portuguese Timor was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies.
Group of political deportees in Timor, 1932.
Memorial to chief Evaristo de Sá Benevides.
Portuguese ceremony in Atabae (1970)