But of the country's 423,000 residents, those who have the money choose to vacation in the United States and European countries. It has been 20 years since Cape Verde gained its independence from Portugal, but free elections were held for the first time in 1991. The government recently has embarked on a program to privatize a number of government functions in the hope that the country's meager production would increase. If only it could be paid for exporting bad weather. We do not make them over Cape Verde.
Landscape is stark, with vegetation in interior valleys.
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