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Guinea-Bissau

Republica da Guiné-Bissau

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Abstract

Portugal was the major power in the area throughout the colonial period. In 1974, after the Portuguese revolution, Portugal abandoned the struggle to keep Guinea-Bissau and independence was formally recognized on 10 Sept. 1974. In 1975 Cape Verde also became independent but the two countries remained separate sovereign states. On 14 Nov. 1980 a coup d’état was in part inspired by resentment in Guinea-Bissau over the privileges enjoyed by Cape Verdians. Guineans obtained a more prominent role under the new government. On 16 May 1984 a new constitution was approved based on Marxist principles but after 1986 there was a return to private enterprise in an attempt to solve critical economic problems and to lift the country out of poverty.

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Further Reading

  • Forrest, J. A., Guinea-Bissau: Power, Conflict and Renewal in a West African Nation. Boulder (CO), 1992

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  • Galli, Rosemary, Guinea-Bissau. [Bibliography] ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1990

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Barry Turner

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© 2000 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Turner, B. (2000). Guinea-Bissau. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271296_149

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