Cape Verdean Cuban are

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

n citizens or residents whose ancestry originated in

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. 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 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...

presented Pedro Rodrigues Pires with the Jose Marti Order, Cuba's highest decoration.

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External links

Central Intelligence Agency. "Cuba." The World Factbook. Retrieved October 20, 2007.Cape Verde Embassy in Cuba

Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a perso ...

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