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had been a

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for more than 500 years since 1456. In 1974 Portugal and the Cape Verdeans signed an agreement to form a transitional government, and Cape Verde gained full independence from Portugal on July 5, 1975. The United States recognized Cape Verde and commissioned its first

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Melissa F. Wells in 1976. Ambassador Wells was concurrently accredited to Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde while resident at

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, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. In 1980, an embassy was established in the capital

Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

with a

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managing the business of the embassy. Until 1980 one ambassador, resident at Bissau, was concurrently commissioned to Guinea-Bissau and

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U.S. Department of State: Background Notes on Cape Verde
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United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Cape Verde

United States Department of State: Cape Verde

United States Embassy in Praia
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