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Cape Verde Chronology
Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony from 1462 until 1975, and was ruled jointly with Guinea-Bissau.
* 1961 Joint struggle for liberation of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (then Portuguese Guinea) begins.
* 1974 Guinea-Bissau independent.
* 1975 Independence, but with view to union with Guinea-Bissau.
* 1981 New constitution formalizes
final split from Guinea-Bissau.
* 1990 Multiparty politics legalized.