Cape Verdean-Cuban Relations

Cape Verdean-Cuban Relations

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The Cape Verdean-Cuban relations include intergovernmental relations between Cape Verde and Cuba . You have had direct diplomatic relations since Cape Verdean independence in 1975.

Both countries belong u. a. the Latin Union and the various UN organizations . The most important link today is Cuban development cooperation in health and education in Cape Verde.

Until Cape Verdean became independent from Portugal in 1975, relations were determined by Cuban-Portuguese relations . Historically, there have been points of contact between the two countries since the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in 1497 and the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century.

history

Cidade Velha on the Cape Verde island of Santiago (1589), a stopover for the transatlantic slave trade since the 16th century

The uninhabited Cape Verde Islands became part of the Portuguese colonial empire after the first bypass by the Portuguese navigator António Fernandes , while Cuba became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 .

Some of the slaves for the plantation economy in Cuba then came to Cuba via the intermediate station Cape Verde.

Under Portugal's King Manuel I , the Jews were also expelled from Portugal from 1497, in part to the Cape Verde Islands. With the flight of the Jewish Marranos from Portugal and Spain at the beginning of the 16th century, numerous of these Sephardic people went to Northern Europe. Groups of these Sephardic communities also migrated to the Caribbean in batches, especially in the 17th century. This is how Portuguese Marranos came to Cuba.

Amílcar Cabral is considered the father of Cape Verdean independence and was on friendly terms with Cuba's Fidel Castro .

Cuba supported Amílcar Cabral's struggle for independence , who was on friendly terms with Fidel Castro . Cuba immediately recognized Cape Verdean independence in 1975.

The most important element of bilateral cooperation then became Cuban aid in the health sector. Since the beginning of the Cape Verdean-Cuban Agreement on Cooperation in Health Matters in 1976, hundreds of Cuban doctors from all disciplines have been working in Cape Verde.

In 1982 the two countries signed a visa-free agreement that came into force in 1984 and has been continuously renewed since then.

Cape Verdes President Jorge Carlos Fonseca visited Cuba in 2015. On the occasion of the visit of the Cuban Vice-Chairwoman of the State Council Mercedes López Acea in February 2018, Fonseca spoke out in favor of stimulating cooperation with Cuba, especially in the health sector. In view of the announced visits of the Cape Verdean health and social affairs minister and later the Cape Verdean foreign minister to Cuba, Fonseca expressed the hope that these questions would be clarified. In return, Acea thanked Cape Verdean for its continued support for rejecting the US embargo on Cuba .

diplomacy

Cape Verde has its own embassy in the Cuban capital Havana . The country does not have any consulates in Cuba.

Cuba has its own embassy and consulate in the Cape Verdean capital Praia . There are no other Cuban consulates in Cape Verde.

Culture

The Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade was born in Cuba.

Occasionally Cape Verdean musicians collaborate with Cuban musicians. The pioneering Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora recorded her album São Vicente di Longe in 2001, partly in Cuba. a. worked here Chucho Valdes and the Orquesta Aragón with.

The Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade was born in Havana.

Web links

Commons : Cape Verdean-Cuban Relations  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian-Jewish Relations: Marranos, Conversos & New Christians , article in the Jewish Virtual Library , accessed on May 31, 2019
2. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 58
3. ↑ ^{a b} Cabo Verdeinterested em reforçar cooperação com Cuba - "Cape Verde interested in strengthening cooperation with Cuba" Article of February 5, 2018 from the Portuguese news portal www.observador.pt, accessed on May 31, 2019
4. ↑ List of Cuba visa agreements (by continent and therein by country), Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on May 31, 2019
5. ↑ List of accredited ambassadors in Cuba with official residence in Cuba , PDF access at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, accessed on May 31, 2019
6. ↑ List of Cuban embassies worldwide , Cuban Foreign Ministry, accessed on May 31, 2019
7. ↑ Information in the CD booklet for the album São Vicente di Longe , Lusafrica 2001