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In the foreground, the Cape Verde Coast Guard patrol vessel Guardião. Note the stern launching ramp for deploying and retrieving a pursuit boat, without first coming to a stop. Guardiao is the Cape Verde Coast Guard's first patrol vessel based on the Damen Stan 5009 design. [1] [2] The Guardião is equipped with a vertically aligned "axe bow". [3]
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Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, [1] is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) off the coast of West Africa , the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines, the national airline has been a monopoly carrier within the island archipelago (2007). It operates services from the main hub airports at Sal and Santiago to Boa Vista, Fogo, Maio, São Nicolau and São Vicente at frequencies ranging from thrice weekly to thrice daily.
The incidence of corruption in Cape Verde is relatively low. [1] While this problem is endemic and widespread elsewhere in Africa, the former Portuguese colony is usually seen as an exception. [ 2 ] This is attributed to the stringent legal framework that includes laws, regulations, and penalties that seek to prevent and mitigate it.
Mining is an insignificant contributor to the country's economy. [7] Most of the country's mineral requirements are imported. [7] As of 2007, production of mineral commodities was limited to clay on the islands of Boa Vista, Sal, and São Vicente; gypsum and iron ore on the island of Maio; limestone on the islands of Boa Vista, Sal, and Santo Antão; pozzolana on the island of Santo Antão ...
Dornier 228 of the Cape Verdean Coast Guard Patrol boat Tainha (P 262) The Cape Verdean Army used to have its own air arm; after personnel training received from the USSR in 1982, three Antonov An-26 aircraft were delivered to Cape Verde – these were believed to be the only military aircraft possessed by the nation. [ 8 ]
Politics of Cape Verde takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, [1] whereby the Prime Minister of Cape Verde is the head of government and the President of the Republic of Cape Verde is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. [2] [3] Executive power is exercised by the president and the ...