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 Jury convicts man in 1995 Dorchester slayingSeptember 25, 2008 04:48 PMBy John R. Ellement, Globe StaffA 30-year-old man has been convicted of manslaughter in an October 1995 slaying that touched off a civil war in Boston’s Cape Verdean community.


Arnaldo "Nardo" Lopes

Arnaldo “Nardo” Lopes was convicted today by a Suffolk Superior Court jury in the fatal stabbing of Bobby... Read More

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 Cape Verdean Remembers Jewish Roots With PrideBy Naomi Seck 
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25 September 2008
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In Cape Verde, a small stretch of islands just off the coast of West Africa, nearly everyone is Catholic. But as Naomi Seck reports for VOA from the capital, Praia, some residents talk about what it means to them to be the heirs of the islands' Jewish past. 

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Palmiria PiresMay 15, 1903 - September 13, 2008Palmiria Pires Palmiria Pires, 105, of Taunton and formerly of Brockton, died Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Morton Hospital.Born May 15, 1903 in Fogo, Cape Verde, she was the daughter of the late Catarina Pires.Mrs. Pires came to the United States of America 27 years ago where she lived in Boston, Brockton, and Taunton.She is survived by her son, Natalio Rosa of Taunton; she i... Read More

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Belmira P. TavaresNEW BEDFORD — Belmira P. (Pina) Tavares, 89, of New Bedford died September 6, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Joseph M. Tavares.

Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Luis and Maria (Pina) Pina, she has lived in New Bedford since 1966.

Mrs. Tavares was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Assumption Church.... Read More

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Margarida Macedo

NEW BEDFORD — Margarida (Andrade) Macedo, 80, of New Bedford died Saturday, August 2, 2008 at home after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Joaquim Macedo.

Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Arminda (Oliveira) Andrade, she lived in New Bedford since 1966.

Survivors include fo... Read More