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I was born on the Cape Verde Islands in 1969.
There where things going on I realize now. There was 'a beat going on'. World wide brothers where fighting for independence, or were in the day by day struggle as 2nd class citizen in racist societies and regimes in the diaspora. I became part of that side of the struggle when my parents decided to move to the Netherlands/Holland in 1972 (!).
Today I hear that same beat it seams.... Read More

Name: Roel Caboverde Llacer

Date of Birth: November 20, 1947

Place of Birth: Baracoa, Cuba

Military: Cuban military

Education: Guantánamo’s School of Fine Art, graduating as a visual arts instructor (1983-1987)

Occupation: Painter

Children: 1 son; 3 daughters

Ancestry: Great-grandmother was a Cape Verdean slave named Caridad cabo Verde.

Hobby: Deep-sea fishing

Residence: Baracoa, Cuba




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For the people who insist that cabo Verde is a poor country let me give you my personal view. I have a good friend who is now retired and lives in cabo Verde after devoting most of his life to the betterment of his country. Now he is unable to visit neighboring islands around him because he can’t afford it. He tells me that he wants to visit Boavista, but the island is now owned by foreign investments and therefore he would have to pay hotel rates imposed by the foreigners, which understandabl... Read More

The strategic importance of cabo Verde Islands as a gateway in air and marine transportation and communication is not recent. The Aeropostal decision to install in the islands, in 1928, a linking connection was successfully implement in order to shorten the distance between Europe and South America via Africa.
Evidence of this historic venture can easily be reviewed on a commemorative plaque at a beach located just a few kilometers from Praia that reads: “It was here that, on December 1927... Read More