Founded and presided by Antonio Lopes, nickname Tonys, Licensed in Law and author of the book titled 'Life After Death' and 'Judging the Judges'.
Cape Verde is a former Portuguese colony off the North-West coast of Africa. It is comprised of 10 islands and five islets, all but three of which are mountainous.
Cape Verde became independent in 1975, a year after its sister colony, Guinea-Bissau, won freedom from Portugal. The two countries planned to unite, but the plan was ditched after a coup in Guinea-Bissau in 1980 strained relations.
In 1991 Cape Verde held its first free presidential elections, which were won by Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, who replaced the islands' first president, Aristides Pereira.
Fact on Cape Verde
- Full name: The Republic of Cape Verde
- Population: 506,000 (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Praia
- Area: 4,033 sq km (1,557 sq miles)
- Major languages: Portuguese, Crioulo (a mixture of archaic Portuguese and African words)
- Major religions: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 68 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Cape Verdean escudo = 100 centavos
- Main exports: Shoes, clothes, fish, bananas, hides, pozzolana (volcanic rock, used to make cement)
- GNI per capita: US $3,130 (World Bank, 2008)
Acording to Katia, an author of an article published in portuguese weekly expresso on the seven wonders of the atlantic, the nesting of sea turtles on the island of Maio is among the atlantic ocean most fascinating natural phenomena.
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