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had been a

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for more than 500 years since 1456. In 1974

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and the Cape Verdeans signed an agreement to form a

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, and Cape Verde gained full

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

from Portugal on July 5, 1975. The United States recognized Cape Verde and commissioned its first

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Melissa F. Wells in 1976. Ambassador Wells was concurrently accredited to

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

and Cape Verde while resident at

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, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. In 1980, an

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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

and

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Ambassadors

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Sources

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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Ambassadors

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