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Historical Timeline for Cape Verde- A chronology of key events

The Cape Verde archipelago was discovered in 1460 by Italian and Portuguese navigators. Santiago was the most favorable island for the occupation and so the settlement began there in 1462.

Given their strategic position, on the routes that linked Europe, Africa and Brazil, the islands served as a trading and supply post, with particular emphasis on the slave trade. Soon, the archipelago became a center of concentration and dispersion of men, plants and animals.

With the abolition of the slave trade and the constant deterioration of climatic conditions, Cape Verde fell into decay and began to live on a poor, subsistence economy.

Free Europeans and slaves from the African coast merged into a single people, Cape Verdean, with a way of being and living all its own, and Creole emerged as the language of the mostly mestizo community.

In 1956, Amílcar Cabral created the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), fighting colonialism and starting a march towards independence. On December 19, 1974, an agreement was signed between the PAIGC and Portugal, establishing a transitional government in Cape Verde. This same Government prepared the elections for a National Popular Assembly that on July 5, 1975 proclaimed independence.

The cultural demarcation in relation to Portugal and the dissemination of nationalist ideas led to the archipelago's independence in July 1975.

In 1991, following the country's first multi-party elections, a parliamentary democracy with all the institutions of a modern democracy was established. Today Cape Verde is a country with social stability and peace, which is why it enjoys credit with governments, companies and international financial institutions.