Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Cape Verde HISTORY In 1462, Portuguese settlers arrived at Santiago and founded Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha)--the first permanent European settlement city in the tropics. In the 16th century, the archipelago prospered from the transatlantic slave trade. Pirates occasionally attacked the Portuguese set ...

Leaders of Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) [To the list of countries] [To the ZPC Homepage] Parties: PAIGC: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde; PAICV: African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (replaced PAIGC in Jan 1981); MPD: Movement for Democracy Presidents Aristides Maria Pereira 5 Jul 1975 - 22 Mar 1991 [picture] PAIGC, PAICV António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro 22 Mar 1991 - 22 Mar 2001 [picture] MPD Pedro V ...