Journalist Ted Alcorn reports on how the changes in U.S. development assistance are impacting people on the ground in Timor-Leste, where American aid as a share of the economy was formerly among the highest of any country. Together, Timorese and Americans had many aspirations including strengthening the health system, uplifting rural economies, addressing gender-based violence, and upgrading the capital's sanitation system. Abruptly, many of those endeavors are now in doubt.
