Problems with special characters displaying in PDF when exported.

I have a very frustrating question. I've never had any problems with font and pdfs before switching to the operating system for Mac. Of course, they have Helvetica Neue pre-installed as a system font. The problem is, Bold doesn't work and is not an option. I've tried using Helvetica Neue (TT) but special character and punctuation disappear completely.
See below:
MЧnica PОrez
Unfortunately, that is supposed to say Monica Perez. There are supposed to be marks above the "o" and "e". Can anyone help me?

Try copying your T1 Helvetica Neue font into the Applications/Indesign/Fonts folder. This will give you the complete family in Indesign overriding the system TT.

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