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Cape Verde
Cape Verde [Port.,=green], Fr. Cap Vert, peninsula, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, W Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa. Dakar is located there. The cape was discovered by the Portuguese in 1445. The Republic of Cape Verde is c.350 mi (560 km) to the west.
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VOA NEWS: CAPE VERDE BUSINESSES RESPOND TO WTO MEMBERSHIP WITH OPTIMISM, RESERVATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...Latham Business leaders in Cape Verde are responding to their...bureau in Dakar some in Cape Verde doubt the small country...agricultural sector since Cape Verde is a net importer...tourism. Last year, Cape Verde became only the second...
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Cape Verde, rising, with emigres' help ; Deepening ties bind islands, Bay State
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...came to Massachusetts from Cape Verde in 1959, when he was just...of drought and hunger. Cape Verdeans, a people of mixed...For us, the concept of Cape Verde is not just the islands...is no accident that Cape Verde's only consulate in the...
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Q&A: CAPE VERDE IS RECLASSIFIED AS 'MIDDLE-INCOME' COUNTRY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Minister Vctor Barbosa Borges of Cape Verde is uncomfortable with the idea that...institutions have sought to hold up Cape Verde as a model because after persevering...African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde] regards it as essential to respond...
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STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET ON CAPE VERDE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: The Republic of Cape Verde consists of nine inhabited and several...thievery and burglary are common in Cape Verde, especially in crowds, such as...reflect an increase in crime in Cape Verde, particularly in the cities of Praia...
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Problems Arise for Peace Corps Volunteers in Cape Verde.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...1--ISLAND OF SAL, Cape Verde--European tourists dressed...in 41 of 47 assaults in Cape Verde since 1990, and the...apparent rape attempt in Cape Verde. The newspaper examination...chief representative in Cape Verde, Country Director Barbara...
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Q&A: CAPE VERDE IS RECLASSIFIED AS 'MIDDLE-INCOME' COUNTRY.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 1/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...Minister V ctor Barbosa Borges of Cape Verde is uncomfortable with the idea that...institutions have sought to hold up Cape Verde as a model because after persevering...African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde] regards it as essential to respond...
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VOA NEWS: AID-DEPENDENT CAPE VERDE COURTS INVESTORS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...tiny islands that make up Cape Verde are mostly barren volcanic...according to the U.N., Cape Verde is expected to officially...donors and the generosity of Cape Verdeans living in other...the IFC has offered Cape Verde almost $100 million in...
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PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS INSPIRE VOLUNTEERISM IN CAPE VERDE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...Corps Volunteers serving in Cape Verde coordinated the donation...chain. The country of Cape Verde, off of the west coast...significant resource for Cape Verdean students, providing...our goal of securing Cape Verde's place in the globalization...
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CAPE VERDE: WOMEN JOIN FLOOD OF EMIGRANTS.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 6/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...The island nation of Cape Verde, which was uninhabited...35 percent of the Cape Verdean immigrant...emigration from the Cape Verde Islands, Grassi said...happening," she said. Cape Verde was finally...the people of Cape Verde "the perpetual right...
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CAPE VERDE: WOMEN JOIN FLOOD OF EMIGRANTS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 6/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The island nation of Cape Verde, which was uninhabited...35 percent of the Cape Verdean immigrant...emigration from the Cape Verde Islands, Grassi said...happening," she said. Cape Verde was finally...the people of Cape Verde "the perpetual right...
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Cape Verde
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cape Verde , Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop...Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau ) was administered as part of the Cape Verde Islands until 1879. In 1951 the status of the islands was changed...
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Cape Verdean Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...VERDEAN AMERICANS by Jane E. Spear Overview The Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde) Islands are known officially as the Republic of...have been planted. In 1990, the Republic of the Cape Verde Islands had an estimated population of 339,000...
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Cape Verdeans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Cape Verdeans ETHNONYMS: In New...dwell in their native Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West...located around the world. "Cape Verde" refers to the green color...in the fifteenth century, Cape Verde was closely linked with the...
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Pereira, Aristides 1923–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Sources Aristides Pereira fought for Cape Verde’s independence and was...November 17, 1923, in Boa Vista, Cape Verde; son of Porffrino Pereira Tavares...Amilcar Cabral Medal, First Class, Cape Verde. Honorary doctorate degrees from...
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Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Teixeira de Sousa (born 1919) of Cape Verde was regarded as one of the...a novel, perhaps the great Cape Verdean novel. And like Xaguate...the latter's volume Cabo Verde: Encontro com escritores (Cape Verde: An Encounter with Writers...
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