Tag: Amilcar Cabral

Fidel Castro and the Liberation of Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau | by Abel Djassi Amado

06/12/2017

“Che Guevara’s 1964/1965 Africa journey was a critical juncture in the relationship between the PAIGC and Cuba. In January 1965, Che met with Amilcar Cabral in Conakry. A few months later, Cuba’s first material support to the PAIGC was shipped on board the Uvero.” Its been a year since Fidel Castro’s death, and his legacy … More Fidel Castro and the Liberation of Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau | by Abel Djassi Amado

The Return of Cabo Verde’s African Question | by Abel Djassi Amado

15/06/2017

“Given Portugal’s destructive history in Cabo Verde, and the continuing mistreatment of Cabo Verdeans in Portugal, why then does the Cabo Verdean political and social elite continue to cow-tow to their former European masters?” A few months ago in April, Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, made an official five-day visit to Cabo Verde. The … More The Return of Cabo Verde’s African Question | by Abel Djassi Amado

Cabo Verde’s PAICV: From Liberation Movement to Trampoline Party | by Abel Djassi Amado

26/11/2015

“If there has been any kind of ideological suicide, it is only of everything that Amilcar Cabral believed in. The end result has been the moral degeneration of the PAICV for the shabby profit of the party’s hoi oligoi.” Former president of Cabo Verde and leader of the African Party for the Independence of Cabo … More Cabo Verde’s PAICV: From Liberation Movement to Trampoline Party | by Abel Djassi Amado