TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR CARLOS VEIGA

Several hundred people, including official entities, association representatives, artists, participated in the Venus de Milo event in Swansea.

The members of the organizing committee justified the homage. Jovino Peres highlighted the citizenship attributed by the then Prime Minister to Padre Pio Gotin.

Several associations and personalities such as state Senator Marc Pacheco, among others, recognized the role of the politician “face of democracy”, the ruler and the lawyer.

The honorary consul in Atlanta wanted the honoree to protest Jimmy Carter when he lost the presidential elections by just 12 votes here in America, but “he did not do it on behalf of Cape Verde”, something that deserved praise from that interlocutor.

Gabe Rosa from the Bisca Club recalled the ostentatious escort for the visit of the first head of government elected by the people, which, at the time, earned Cape Verde the title of “Lighthouse of Africa” by President Clinton.