Amílcar Cabral was assassinated in Conakry in 1973, and party leadership fell to Aristides Pereira, who later became the first president of the Republic of Cape Verde.
Amilcar Cabral bol v roku 1973 zavraždený v Conakry, takže Aristides Pereira sa stal jediným vodcom strany a neskôr prvým prezidentom Kapverd (Republic of Cape Verde).