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Cape Verde

Tracked across 20 events · 729 articles · First seen Mar 15, 2025 · Last active May 28, 2026

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Accidents
Impact: Cape Verde is the location of the stomach bug outbreak, leading to a health warning and potential negative impact on its tourism industry.
Feb 05, 2026 · 8 articles
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Impact: Cape Verde is a five-star hotel where Elena Walsh fell ill and died, and is now facing allegations of unhygienic conditions and a medical negligence investigation. The law firm Irwin Mitchell is representing over 200 holidaymakers who fell ill at Cape Verde.
Oct 19, 2025 · 6 articles
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Impact: Cape Verde is the location where multiple British tourists have died from gastric illness, leading to a public health investigation and negative publicity for its tourism sector.
Mar 29, 2026 · 10 articles
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Impact: Cape Verde is the location where the gastric illnesses and deaths occurred, leading to concerns about hygiene standards in its resorts and potentially impacting its tourism industry.
Feb 01, 2026 · 7 articles
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A Hantavirus outbreak has been reported on a cruise ship docked in Cape Verde, with eight suspected cases, five confirmed infections, and three deaths as of May 7, 2026. The affected individuals include crew members…
Impact: Cape Verde is where the cruise ship with Hantavirus infections is currently docked, making it a focal point of the outbreak.
May 08, 2026 · 6 articles
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Accidents
A hantavirus outbreak has occurred on the MV Hondius cruise ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, leading to multiple deaths and illnesses among passengers and crew. The World Health Organization is coordinating an international response, confirming…
Impact: Cape Verde authorities initially denied permission for ill passengers to disembark from the MV Hondius, complicating medical evacuations. Negotiations are ongoing for medical transfers and disembarkation.
May 03, 2026 · 539 articles
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Domestic
Impact: Cape Verde is one of 36 countries that could face a full or partial travel ban if it does not address U.S. concerns within 60 days.
Jun 15, 2025 · 7 articles
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Business
Impact: Cape Verde's tourism industry could be negatively affected by reports of widespread illness at resorts, potentially deterring future visitors.
Jun 16, 2025 · 6 articles
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Accidents
A hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has led to three deaths and sparked international alarm, though the World Health Organization (WHO) maintains the global public health risk is low. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…
Impact: Cape Verde refused to receive the MV Hondius, leading to diplomatic challenges and the ship remaining offshore its capital Praia before Spain intervened.
May 12, 2026 · 21 articles
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International
Impact: Cape Verde is one of the countries from which a U.S. ambassador is being recalled.
Dec 21, 2025 · 22 articles
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Business
Impact: Cape Verde is the location where the incident involving the EasyJet pilot occurred.
Aug 11, 2025 · 8 articles
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International
Impact: Upcoming elections in Cape Verde risk becoming flashpoints for instability.
Dec 09, 2025 · 6 articles
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Accidents
A deadly hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship has led to three passenger deaths and an international evacuation effort. The MV Hondius is headed to Spain's Spain — Canary Islands, specifically off…
Impact: Cape Verde was a stop for the MV Hondius, where three infected individuals were evacuated earlier in the week.
May 09, 2026 · 8 articles
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International
Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and ally of former President Nicolás Maduro, was deported to the United States on May 16. This deportation follows his arrest in Caracas in February during a joint…
Impact: Alex Saab was previously detained in Cape Verde in 2020 before being held in the U.S. on bribery charges.
May 16, 2026 · 8 articles
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Business
Impact: Cape Verde is the location where the incident took place, but it does not have a direct impact on the event's financial implications.
Dec 18, 2025 · 6 articles
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International
The event encompasses several distinct but concurrent developments. The primary focus is the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, with Donald Trump threatening further bombing and imposing blockades on Iran's ports, while Iran…
Impact: Cape Verde is where a cruise ship with a deadly hantavirus outbreak remains offshore, with patients being evacuated from there.
May 01, 2026 · 23 articles
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Domestic
This collection of articles covers several distinct events. United States President Donald Trump arrived in China for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss the Iran war, trade, and United States arms sales…
Impact: Citizens from Cape Verde who have purchased World Cup tickets are now exempt from the United States visa bond requirement.
May 13, 2026 · 18 articles
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Accidents
A hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius has led to three deaths and multiple confirmed cases of the Andes virus, which can transmit from person to person. The World Health Organization has classified…
Impact: The MV Hondius departed from Cape Verde before the hantavirus outbreak emerged.
May 09, 2026 · 7 articles
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Accidents
Twelve healthcare workers at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands have been placed in preventive quarantine for six weeks after failing to adhere to strict PPE protocols while treating a patient infected with hantavirus.…
Impact: The MV Hondius was docked off the coast of Cape Verde when patients were medically evacuated.
May 12, 2026 · 7 articles
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International
Apr 15, 2026 · 6 articles
Oceanwide Expeditions denied entry Cape Verde Oceanwide Expeditions' cruise ship, the MV Hondius, was denied docking permissio
Argentina distant Cape Verde Cape Verde has no formal strategic or economic dependence on Argentina. Bilatera
Argentina distant Cape Verde Argentina maintains no significant diplomatic, economic, or military ties with C
South Africa Cape Verde
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Betsy Arakawa Cape Verde
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Pedro Sánchez Cape Verde
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United Kingdom Cape Verde
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