Tag: PAIGC

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

Explaining Government Instability in Guinea-Bissau | by Abel Djassi Amado

28/02/2017

“Government instability in Guinea-Bissau has left economic and social institutions perilously weak. As a result, Guinea-Bissau remains a low-income country, with a nearly 70% poverty rate in 2010, a meagre GDP per capita of USD573, and an annual growth rate in decline.” Since its handover to civilian rule in 2014, Guinea-Bissau has undergone no less … More Explaining Government Instability in Guinea-Bissau | 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