Portuguese Cape Verde cocoa plantations of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe. In the lead-up to and during the Portuguese Colonial War, those planning and fighting in the armed conflict in Portuguese Guinea often linked the goal of liberation of Guinea-Bissau to the goal of liberation in Cape Verde. For instance, in 1956, Amílcar and Luís Cabral founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). However, there was no armed conflict in Cape Verde, and ultimately independence for Cape Verde resulted from negotiation with Portugal after the April 1974 Carnation Revolution. In August 1974, an agreement was signed in
Cape Verde–European Union relations for their regional brethren. The Atlantic group of islands are pushing for an entrance of Cape Verde into the EU under a special status. Cape Verde–European Union relations Cape Verde is an island nation, part of the Macaronesian group of islands of the Atlantic Ocean and was a former Portuguese colony during the colonial era between 1460 and 1975. EU-Cape Verde relations are founded on the EU/Cape Verde Special Partnership, agreed in 2007, building on six pillars; Following that, an Action Plan for Security and Stability was launched in 2014 and a Mobility Partnership. Cape Verde is 97% Christian and