- Countries:
- Cape Verde
- Topics:
- Elections
- Languages:
- Portuguese
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| Português: | Cabo Verde: Três horas na fila para votar... |
| Malagasy: | Cap Vert : Adiny telo ny filaharana hifidianana... |
Eileen Barbosa [pt] reports that the elections in Cape Verde yesterday were marked by long queues and people's good will to attend to the polls. “Personally, I found it quite inadmissible, but many people went ahead and… gave up! Who can blame them, more than three-hour wait on a Sunday… Hopefully, this has been the first and last time it happened!”
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