Cape Verdean Cuban are
Cuba
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n citizens or residents whose ancestry originated in
Cape Verde.
Cape Verde and Cuba have had a long history. The first people from Cape Verde to Cuba came involuntarily. In 1526, the "first known shipment of slaves intended for sale in Cuba carries 145 Africans from Cabo Verde to the island." More slaves from Cape Verde would follow. This would include the ancestor of
Roel Caboverde Llacer, a famous Cuban artist.
Cuba and Cape Verde established diplomatic relations in September 1975, a few months after Cape Verdean independence. "Since 1976, over 1,000 Cuban collaborators, mostly physicians and health technicians, have been working in that African nation, and nearly 1,000 Cape Verdean scholarship students have completed pre-university and university studies in Cuba."
["Fidel Castro Decorates Cape Verde´s President." Cuba Mix Rex.]
As of 2007, however, there are no estimates for the number of people of Cape Verdean descent living in Cuba.
In 2005,
Germano Almeida's ''Two Brothers'' was translated into Spanish and included in an ''Arts and Literature'' anthology.
David González, "Nueva literatura caboverdiana en Cuba." Envío CEAMOnitor Vol 3 No 7. Retrieved October 26, 2006.
(In Spanish) In the same year, Fidel Castro presented Pedro Rodrigues Pires with the Jose Marti Order, Cuba's highest decoration.[
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References
External links
Central Intelligence Agency. "Cuba." The World Factbook. Retrieved October 20, 2007.Cape Verde Embassy in Cuba
Cuban
Ethnic groups in Cuba
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