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Lúcio Antues calls for “more quality”


01 September 2010
“More quality” in defense, in transitions, in passes and especially in finalizing plays was what Cape Verdean national soccer team coach Lúcio Antunes asked of his players in their first preparatory practice session for next Saturday’s game against Mali – a match that will count for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. In the first training session, which took place in Praia’s Várzea Stadium yesterday, bystanders got an idea of whom Antunes plans to put on the field Saturday.

August 31 left out of political agenda


31 August 2010
With the exception of the relatively small UCID party, whose leader gave a speech in the United States last Saturday about the incidents of August 31, 1981, the confrontations resulting from resistance to land reform on Santo Antão have apparently failed to captivate the attention of Cape Verde’s political parties.

Cape Verde’s popularity continues to grow


31 August 2010
The strongest growth, in terms of absolute numbers, in Portugal’s charter flight market is for destinations in Cape Verde. Charter flights departing from Lisbon and Porto took transported nearly 8,000 passengers to the archipelago in July of this year, 3,800 more than in the same month last year.

Ana Cabral, the new Cape Verdean voice


31 August 2010
After having enchanted listeners in Boston, Massachusetts with her rendition of the late Vadú’s “Dixi Rubera” in the Voices of the Diaspora contest, Ana Cabral has begun to dream of a life dedicated to music.

No garlic, onions on São Vicente market


30 August 2010
Garlic and onions are practically nowhere to be found – or bought – on the island of São Vicente, with local residents forced to trek all over the city of Mindelo to make a purchase.
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