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Cape Verde–United States relations are the international relations betweenCape Verde and theUnited States.
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The relationship is cordial and has strong historical roots. In the early 18th century, U.S. whaling ships appear to have begun recruiting crews fromBrava andFogo to huntwhales that were abundant in the waters surrounding Cape Verde. Ties between the American colonies and Cape Verde are documented as early as the 1740s, when American ships routinely anchored in Cape Verdean ports to trade forsalt or buyslaves. The tradition ofemigration to the United States began at that time and continues today.
The first U.S.consulate in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Cape Verde in 1818. U.S. consular representation continued throughout the 19th century. The United States recognised Cape Verde on its independence day and supported its admission to theUnited Nations. Cape Verde assigned one of its firstambassadors to the United States, and a resident U.S. ambassador was posted to Cape Verde in 1983. Prime MinisterJose Neves visited Cape Verdean communities in New England during an official trip to the United States in 2002, and PresidentPedro Pires visited the United States in April 2005. (Prime Minister Neves also visited the U.S. in September 2007.)
The United States provided emergencyhumanitarian aid and economic assistance to Cape Verde in the period immediately following Cape Verde's independence, as well as after natural disasters, including ahurricane that struck the island of Brava in 1982, and after a severevolcanic eruption on Fogo in 1995. Cape Verde also is eligible for trade benefits under theAfrican Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and has signed an Open Skies agreement to facilitate air travel safety and expansion. On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde became the third country to sign a compact with the U.S. Government-fundedMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); the five-year assistance package is worth over $110 million in addressing rural economic expansion,infrastructure development, and development of the credit sector.
In December 2024, U.S. PresidentJoe Biden paid a visit to Cape Verde and met with Prime MinisterUlisses Correia e Silva and discussed the growing U.S.-Cabo Verdean relationship.[1]
Cape Verde's geography means it is a prime refueling station for European and American planes, and it also cooperates in defense exercises and drug trafficking.[2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
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