PAICV
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African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde |
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| Leader | Janira Hopffer Almada |
| Founded | January 1981 |
| Headquarters | Praia, Santiago Island, Sotavento Group, Cape Verde |
| Youth wing | Youth of PAICV |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours |
Red, Green and Yellow |
| National Assembly |
27 / 72
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.paicv.cv/ | |
The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde, PAICV) is a former socialist party and currently a social-democratic political party in Cape Verde. Its members are nicknamed “os tambarinas” in Portuguese (the tamarinds), and they identify themselves with the color yellow.
In 1956, its forerunner, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was founded by the Bissau-Guinean nationalist leader Amílcar Cabral. PAIGC fought to overthrow the Portuguese Empire, unify Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, and use its vanguardism to advance socialist revolution.
From 1961 on, the PAIGC fought a guerrilla warfare campaign in cooperation with its fraternal party umbrella group, the CONCP, during the Portuguese Colonial War. By 1973 the PAIGC controlled Guinea-Bissau, while Portugal's own Carnation Revolution in 1974 effectively dissolved the empire, relinquishing Cape Verde within the next year.
After the wars of national liberation, the PAIGC established a socialist state within both territories under Amilcar Cabral's brother, Luís Cabral.
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