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Aristides Pereira
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Aristides Pereira

president of Cabo Verde
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Aristides Pereira was the first president of Cabo Verde, serving from its independence in 1975 until 1991. Cabo Verde, a nation of islands off the coast of West Africa, was uninhabited until Portuguese colonization in the mid-15th century. It played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade, serving as an entrepôt for enslaved people destined for the New World. After centuries of Portuguese rule, Cabo Verde gained independence in 1975. Pereira led the country as a one-party state until democratic reforms allowed for multi-party elections in the early 1990s.1

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