Editing History of Cape Verde (section)

== After independence (1975)==
{{anchor|Post-Independence (1975)}}

=== One-party rule ===
Immediately after a November 1980 coup in Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea declared independence in 1973 and was granted ''de jure'' independence in 1974), relations between the two countries became strained. Cape Verde abandoned its hope for unity with Guinea-Bissau, and formed the [[African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde]] (PAICV).

Responding to growing pressure for a political opening, the PAICV called an emergency congress in February 1990 to discuss proposed constitutional changes to end one-party rule. Opposition groups came together to form the [[Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)|Movement for Democracy]] (MpD) in Praia in April of that year, and campaigned for the right to contest the presidential election scheduled for December 1990. The one-party state was abolished on 28 September of that year, and the [[1991 Cape Verdean parliamentary election|first multi-party elections were held in January 1991]].

=== {{anchor|Post-one-party rule}}End of one-party rule ===
The MpD won a majority of the seats in the National Assembly. MpD presidential candidate [[António Mascarenhas Monteiro]] defeated the PAICV candidate, 73.5 percent to 26.5 percent.
Legislative elections in December 1995 increased the MpD majority in the National Assembly, where the party held 50 of its 72 seats. [[1996 Cape Verdean presidential election|A February 1996 presidential election]] returned Monteiro to office.
[[File:CaboVerde128462.jpeg|thumb|President of Cape Verde [[Pedro Pires]] and President of Brazil [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], October 2005]]
In the presidential election campaign of 2000 and 2001, two former prime ministers ([[Pedro Pires]] and [[Carlos Veiga]]) were the main candidates. Pires was [[prime minister]] during the PAICV regime; Veiga was prime minister during most of Monteiro's presidency, stepping aside to campaign. In what might have been one of the closest races in electoral history, Pires won by 12 votes; he and Veiga each received nearly half the votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pedro Pires wins Cape Verde runoff |url=https://eu.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2001/03/09/pedro-pires-wins-cape-verde/50302563007/ |website=New Bedford Standard-Times}}</ref> Pires was narrowly re-elected in the [[2006 Cape Verdean presidential election|2006 elections]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13150037|title = Cape Verde profile - Timeline|work = BBC News|date = 8 May 2018}}</ref>

[[Jorge Carlos Fonseca|Jorge Carlos Almeida Fonseca]], President of Cape Verde since [[2011 Cape Verdean presidential election|2011]], was [[2016 Cape Verdean presidential election|re-elected]] in October 2016. Fonseca was supported by the [[Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)|Movement for Democracy]] (MpD). MpD leader [[Ulisses Correia e Silva]] has been prime minister since the [[2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election|2016 elections]], when his party ousted the ruling PAICV for the first time in 15 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13148486|title = Cape Verde country profile|work = BBC News|date = 5 December 2018}}</ref> In April 2021, the  ruling party, led by Prime Minister Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva, maintained its parliamentary majority in the [[2021 Cape Verdean parliamentary election|election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cape Verde's ruling party maintains majority in parliamentary elections |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/cape-verdes-ruling-party-maintains-majority-parliamentary-elections-2021-04-19/ |work=Reuters |date=19 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2021, opposition candidate and former prime minister [[José Maria Neves|Jose Maria Neves]] of PAICV won Cape Verde's presidential [[2021 Cape Verdean presidential election|election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Julio |title=Opposition candidate Neves wins Cape Verde election |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/opposition-candidate-neves-wins-cape-verde-election-2021-10-18/ |work=Reuters |date=18 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> On 9 November of that year, Neves was sworn in as [[List of presidents of Cape Verde|president]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.africanews.com/2021/11/09/jose-maria-neves-sworn-in-as-new-cape-verde-president/|title = Jose Maria Neves sworn in as new Cape Verde president|date = 9 November 2021}}</ref>

On 2 February 2024, Cape Verde became the third African country to be free of [[malaria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO certifies Cabo Verde as malaria-free, marking a historic milestone in the fight against malaria |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/12-01-2024-who-certifies-cabo-verde-as-malaria-free--marking-a-historic-milestone-in-the-fight-against-malaria |website=www.who.int |language=en}}</ref>