Politics of Cape Verde
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The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde, PAICV) is a political party in Cape Verde. It came to power as a sole ruling party after independence and ruled the country under the name African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. The party was formed with the intent of unifying Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau, which fought their revolutionary wars against António Salazar's Portugal simultaneously. It took the present name in 1980 following a coup in Guinea-Bissau that ousted the Cape Verdean independence hero Amílcar Cabral's brother, Luís Cabral. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde), or PAIGC, was an organisation founed in Guinea-Bissau) by the Marxist Amílcar Cabral in 1956, with the aim of achieving independence for Cape Verde and Portuguese... Look up Guinea-Bissau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary News allAfrica - Guinea Bissau news headline links Overviews BBC News Country Profile - Guinea-Bissau CIA World Factbook - Guinea-Bissau Directories LookSmart - Guinea-Bissau directory category Open Directory Project - Guinea Bissau directory category Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Guinea-Bissau... Antonio Salazar on July 22, 1946 issue of Time Magazine Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889—July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, noted for the dictatorial nature of his government. ... Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–January 20, 1973) was an African agronomic engineer, writer and nationalist. ... Luís de Almeida Cabral (born 10 April 1931), the first President of Guinea-Bissau, served from 1973 to 1980, when a military coup détat deposed him. ...

The PAICV was defeated in 1991 in the first multi-party elections by the Movement for the Democracy (MPD). The Movimento para a Democracia (Movement for Democracy) is a more or less liberal party in Cape Verde. ...

The PAICV, which advertises itself as an Africa-oriented political party in contrast to the somewhat neoliberal MPD, enjoys its greatest support in the municipalities most comparable to those on the African mainland: the dense urban areas such as Praia, and rural agricultural areas such as Santa Cruz and São Filipe. Santa Cruz, Spanish and Portuguese for Holy Cross, is the name of several cities, regions, and other geographical features around the world: Argentina Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz province Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Bolivia Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz Department Brazil Santa Cruz, Espírito Santo Santa Cruz... São Filipe is the capital of the island of Fogo in the Sotavento archipelago of Cape Verde. ...

At the last legislative elections, 14 January 2001, the party won 47.3 % of the popular vote and 40 out of 72 seats. Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, who won in the first round 46.5 % and in the second round 50.0 %, was elected president in the February 2001 presidential elections. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Cape Verde Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Cape Verde ...

External link

• Official web site