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Cape Verde (Vol 10, 2013)

in Africa Yearbook Online
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Gerhard Seibert
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In March, Prime Minister José Maria Neves was reconfirmed as leader of the ruling ‘Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde’ (PAICV). However, he had already announced that he would step down from the party leadership in 2015, one year before the next general elections. In June, Ulisses Correia e Silva, the mayor of the capital, Praia, was elected unopposed as the new leader of the opposition ‘Movimento para a Democracia’ (MpD). While the overall domestic economy was increasingly affected by the economic crisis in the eurozone, the tourism sector continued to resist its impact and registered a 3.4% increase in visitors.

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