Obama Has the Power to Help Papua, the ‘Weak Man’ Under Indonesian Rule

Andreas HarsonoThe Jakarta GlobeIn Jakarta in the late 1960s, a young Barack Obama noticed his stepfather’s great unease and silence about his one-year military service in New Guinea. Lolo Soetoro, his stepfather, did not like to talk about his time there. He did tell young Barack about how leeches got into his boots in New Guinea’s jungles. “They crawled inside your army boots while you’re