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The economy of Cape Verde is service-oriented, with commerce, transport, and public services accounting for more than 70% of GDP. Although nearly 70% of the population lives in rural areas, agriculture and fishing contribute only about 10% of GDP. Light manufacturing accounts for most of the remainder. An amount estimated at about 20% of GDP is contributed to the domestic economy through remittances from expatriate Cape Verdeans.
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For specific information concerning Cape Verdean driving permits, vehicle inspection, road tax, and mandatory insurance, contact the Cape Verdean Office of Tourism, at Achada Santo Antonio, Caixa Postal 89, Praia, Cape Verde, tel. 238-622-621.
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The Cape Verdean Cultural Center Committee got the selectmen's blessing at Tuesday's meeting, as it secures funds and drums up support for a cultural center that has been in the works for more than 10 years. via SouthCoastToday.com
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Cape Verde is a country at important geographic and historic crossroads. Geographically, it ties together Africa, Europe, and the Americas in a number of unique ways. Historically, it is a country that stands between a past full of hardship and a future full of promise. Through hard work at home and support of Cape Verdeans abroad, the country has made great progress in recent years. Both because of recent progress and because of its strategic importance, Cape Verde has a chance to accelerate its economic development in coming years. Too often, such rapid development has led to important mistakes in terms of both human welfare and environmental quality.
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The first U.S. consulate in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Cape Verde in 1818. U.S. consular representation continued throughout the 19th century. The United States recognized Cape Verde on its independence day and supported its admission to the United Nations. Cape Verde assigned one of its first ambassadors to the United States, and a resident U.S. ambassador was posted to Cape Verde in 1983. Prime Minister Jose Neves visited Cape Verdean communities in New England during an official trip to the United States in 2002, and President Pires visited the United States in April 2005.
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Portugal changed Cape Verde's status from a colony to an overseas province in 1951 in an attempt to blunt growing nationalism. Nevertheless, in 1956, Amilcar Cabral, a Cape Verdean, and Rafael Barbosa organized (in Guinea-Bissau) the clandestine African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which demanded improvement in economic, social, and political conditions in Cape Verde and Portuguese Guinea and formed the basis of the two nations' independence movement. Moving its headquarters to Conakry, Guinea in 1960, the PAIGC began an armed rebellion against Portugal in 1961. Acts of sabotage eventually grew into a war in Portuguese Guinea that pitted 10,000 Soviet bloc-supported PAIGC soldiers against 35,000 Portuguese and African troops.
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