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If there's one position that both presidential candidates can agree on, and it may be the only one, it's that outsourcing jobs overseas, or "offshoring," is absolutely terrible for American workers.
Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, [1] is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) off the coast of West Africa , the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).
For decades, Americans watched helplessly as U.S. businesses outsourced, shipping good-paying jobs overseas. But now, the trend seems to be at least slowing a bit, as some employers are heeding ...
The escudo became the currency of Cape Verde in 1914. It replaced the Cape Verdean real at a rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo. Until 1930, Cape Verde used Portuguese coins, although banknotes were issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino specifically for Cape Verde beginning in 1865. Until independence in 1975, the Cape Verde escudo was equal to ...
In 2007 the United Nations graduated Cape Verde from the category of Least Developed Countries, only the second time this has happened to a country. [8] On December 18, 2007, the General Council of the World Trade Organization approved a package for the accession of Cape Verde to the WTO. Accession was effective on July 23, 2008, 30 days after ...
The debate over job creation has dominated the political landscape of 2012. And with good cause, too, given the national unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. With so many out of work, it's maddening ...
Santiago-Praia: 0.696 2 São Vicente: 0.685 3 Fogo: 0.667 Cape Verde 0.661 4 Santo Antão: 0.642 5 Santiago-Interior: 0.604 References
Cape Verde is accredited to the Czech Republic from its embassy in Berlin, Germany. Czech Republic is accredited to Cape Verde by its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal [112] [113] and an honorary consulate in Praia. [114] France: 31 December 1975 [18] See Cape Verde–France relations. Cape Verde has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Nice.