Cape Verdean Development

It is my firm conviction that there is no objective reason why we, as a country and as a nation, cannot cross the line that separates what is commonly referred to as underdeveloped countries from what is usually called developed countries, meaning countries with higher levels of economic, social, educational and technological advancement that allows us to enjoy the higher levels of well-being , health care and the amenities of organized leisure.

While we waste time and mental energy trying to undermine or even destroy each other’s efforts and achievements in the quest for improvement, it would seem easier and more practical to follow one’s own creative impulses in coordination with the other initiatives, to avoid jamming and obstructions, within the principle of work division and space distribution, and under the conviction that there is room for everyone.

One of the reasons why, to my view, the Cape Verdeans have, as a people and as a state, despite all the difficulties and handicaps, been able to modestly achieve, and celebrate the thirty second anniversary as an independent country, going through the changes of political system which Cape Verde has gone through without violence of the kind that seem systematically to occur in many regions of the world, is owed to a history of five hundred years of struggle for survival in a country with lack of natural resources due mainly to cyclic droughts and vulnerability of arable land, considering that the very nature of the islands geology is cause of continuous erosion and continuous loss of arable soil which, if not curbed, will in time sweep away whatever is left of it.