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Cape Verde: Fuel prices on the rise - why?
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, October 01, 2008
p> Cape Verdean blogger Neu Lopes [pt] wonders why fuel prices in Cape Verde keep on rising. The most recent adjustments in the country saw an increase of 21% for oil, 15% for petrol, 10% for diesel, and 5% for gas, and the population now expects a domino... more
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Lusosphere: Saramago, 85 years, Nobel Laureate, Blogger
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 24, 2008
blockquote> Mexendo nuns quantos papéis que já perderam a frescura da novidade, encontrei um artigo sobre Lisboa escrito há uns quantos anos, e, não me envergonho de confessá-lo, emocionei-me. Talvez porque não se trate realmente de um artigo, mas de uma carta de amor, de amor a Lisboa. Decidi... more
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'One UN' Pilot Scheme Helps Spark Economic Progress in Country
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 23, 2008
ape Verde has made steady economic progress since lifting itself out of least developed country (LDC) status last year by benefiting from the coordinated support of United Nations agencies, a UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting heard ... more
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40 Budding Players to Join Academy
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 22, 2008
he Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has said it takes the crucial final play off of the World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Cape Verde very ... more
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Cape Verde: Pictures of a trip
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 03, 2008
p> Redy Wilson Lima [pt] publishes beautiful pictures of a trip through Cape Verde, going from the capital Praia to Assomada and Tarrafal. ... more
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Adriano is Now a Buccaneer
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 29, 2008
ape Verde striker Jerry Adriano Pires has finally completed his move to Orlando Pirates on a three-year ... more
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Cape Verde: Blogger takes picture of filthy hospital lavatory
Global Voices Online - Friday, August 29, 2008
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De Olho na Praia [pt] publishes a picture the blogger took showing the unclean conditions of the washing room at the Praia Central Hospital, in the capital of Cape Verde.
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Cape Verde: Happy birthday to Cesária Évora
Global Voices Online - Thursday, August 28, 2008
p> João Branco [pt] pays homage to Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora who is 67 today. He quotes her: “ I sing for pleasure, I don't believe in dreams or in destination, what makes me happy is to know I spent years of suffering for... more
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Cape Verde: Counting the Olympic medals for Africa
Global Voices Online - Monday, August 25, 2008
p>Cape Verdean blogger Jorge Tolentino [pt] details the medals that the African countries brought back home from China and highlights: “In an overall total of 40 medals for the continent, 17 were won by women.” ... more
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Cape Verde: Stolen gold olympic medal
Global Voices Online - Saturday, August 23, 2008
p> Abraão Vicente [pt] on the son of Cape Verde who won a gold medal for Portugal: “ Nelson Évora won the gold medal and he is Portuguese. That is it. Did you see any little Cape Verde flag, if he took some symbol to express his Creole... more
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Cape Verde: Newspaper closing down - for holidays!
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
p> João Branco [pt] comments on a local newspaper's decision to close down for a month holidays. “ In the past there were excuses such as the Electra power outages, lack of paper, etc. Now they bring it out into the open and with no reservations: everyone will... more
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Cape Verde: To be or not to be African
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, August 05, 2008
p>Cape Verdean blogger Cesar Schofield Cardoso [pt] reflects on what to be African means. “In our case, to take the African-ness on is to take on a large, majority inheritance. This is by never forgetting that we have so much of European, American, Asian…” ... more
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Cape Verde: On foreign policy and diaspora
Global Voices Online - Saturday, August 02, 2008
p> Miguel Cruz Sousa [pt] analyzes the Cape Verdean foreign policy and the country's relationship with its diaspora. “Unemployment, social inequality, insecurity, low wages and the risk of disruption prevail here in the country. In the diaspora, there are persecution, discrimination, employment insecurity, unemployment, xenophobia and discrimination, arbitrary arrests... more
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Cape Verde: Blog for Education
Global Voices Online - Thursday, July 31, 2008
p>Today is the African Woman Day and to mark the date a new blog has been launched in Cape Verde: Blog pela Educação [Blog for Education, pt], where a group of bloggers aim to collect and spread information regarding the country's mentality of banning pregnant girls from... more
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Cape Verde: No money for lifeguards?
Global Voices Online - Monday, July 14, 2008
p>“How to explain that there is no money to pay for lifeguards in our beaches, where more and more people have died? How come? Where do all fees and taxes paid in this land go then?”, asks Maktub , from Praia, Cape Verde. ... more
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UN Agency Increases Aid to Rural Poor in Country
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 27, 2008
he United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is providing $4.2 million to boost a programme tackling rural poverty in the West African island nation of Cape ... more
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Cape Verde Joins WTO
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
ape Verde Monday informed the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it has accepted its membership package to become the organisation's 153rd ... more
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Stars in Deep Pressure As Cape Verde Stay On Track
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
he mathematical permutation for Taifa Stars to win the African Nations/World Cup qualifier 2010 berth, came to a tricky pattern on Sunday when Cape Verde registered vital away victory to bag six-points in group one ... more
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Cape Verde: Teenage, pregnant and banned from school
Global Voices Online - Saturday, June 14, 2008
blockquote> On May 28 2008, a young Cape Verdean female student, attending the 11th grade at the Januario Leite Secondary School, District of Paul (Santo Antao Island), was asked to cancel her enrolment after delivering a baby. Distraught by the bitter taste of women discrimination in Cape Verdean schools, Ana... more
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Cape Verde: Close to making history
Global Voices Online - Friday, June 13, 2008
p>Will the basketball national team in Cape Verde make history? : “As many of you know, Cape Verde will participate in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens, Greece. They will compete against teams from 11 other countries, all of the silver and bronze medalists from the regional competitions last... more
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