Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Declaration
Cape Verde became independent from Portugal on 5 July 1975, following a transition led by the PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) after Portugal's 1974 revolution.
Significance here: The formal end of Portuguese rule over the Cape Verde archipelago.
· Recognition
Following the Security Council's unanimous recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of Cape Verde as a member of the United Nations.
Significance here: Formal international recognition of Cape Verdean statehood following independence.
· Declaration
A November 1980 military coup in Guinea-Bissau, which deposed President Luís Cabral, broke the political unity envisaged between Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde; Cape Verde's PAIGC branch, under Aristides Pereira, separated and re-formed as the PAICV in January 1981.
Significance here: The end of the planned political union between Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde envisaged at independence.
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