· June, 2008

Stories about Cape Verde from June, 2008

Cape Verde: Teenage, pregnant and banned from school

  14 June 2008

The close-knit Cape Verdean blogosphere has launched a campaign against a school decision to ban a student girl on the grounds of "childbirth". An online petition demanding a special framework for pregnant girls at school, which has been organized by the bloggers, is rapidly growing in support.

Cape Verde: Close to making history

  13 June 2008

Will the basketball national team in Cape Verde make history?: “As many of you know, Cape Verde will participate in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens, Greece. They will compete against teams from 11 other countries, all of the silver and bronze medalists from the regional competitions last year.”

Cape Verde: Beer is cheaper than petrol

  3 June 2008

Pedrabika [pt] is getting surprised by the day about the rise in petrol prices in Cape Verde: “200 $ 00 for petrol, is that it? Even beer is cheaper. This way we'll have to start traveling on foot and continue ignoring the pocket shaking policies. Otherwise no one reacts, political...

Cape Verde: Meet Pedro Gomes

  3 June 2008

Dan writes about Perdo Gomes, a Cape Verdian basketballer: “Pedro Gomes is a very important part of the national team, a key man behind the scenes, involved with virtually everything to do with both the men’s and women’s national basketball teams of Cape Verde, the CVNT. Pedro has a very...