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The San José fort at Vila do Maio was built around 1743 to protect the island from the invading pirates and buccaneers including Britain, France and the Netherlands.
One of 822 elephant tusks retrieved from the Princess Louisa shipwreck, lost in 1743 off the beach at Morro on the Island of Maio. On display at the Neptuno Restaurant in Vila Do Maio.
The island of Ilhéu de Santa Maria in Praia, once a quarantine area for sufferers of leprosy, is now under development from a Macau based company to build a hotel and casino complex.
Loosely translated, it would appear the the whole Cape Verdean archipelago has fallen off the Internet since yesterday. Service provider TATA suggest that routing between London and Lisbon is to blame and will not be back on line in the immediate future. https://t.co/792ultR6zA
The Banco de Cabo Verde has established a period of six months for the withdrawal from circulation of the 1,000 escudos note featuring António Aurélio Gonçalves. https://t.co/NOSrFK0Mfh
Santa Maria’s Olá Brazil kiosk remains open while three meetings have been cancelled by City Hall in an effort to resolve the dispute. https://t.co/SeaIOgy4Ka
Seems that the police are on strike for three days for more pay. Rumours are that the Military will be on the streets later. Hearing stories of mugging at Villa Verde by criminals from Praia. Doesn’t help that the power is out too. Can anyone confirm?