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Peace Without Poison

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The man who introduced covert methods of depopulation as soon as he took office in 1975 is thefirst President of Cabo Verde, Aristides Pereira (1975-1991). His successors, AntónioMascarenhas Monteiro (1991-2001) and Pedro Pires (2001-2011), have stayed the course. Thecurrent President of Cabo Verde, however, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, who took office in September2011, has somewhat relaxed the depopulation program.From 1975 until today, fertility has declined from nearly 7 to just 2.3 children per woman despitea dismally low contraceptive prevalence rate during the 1970s and 1980s, 50% during the 1990and just above 60% during the first decade of this century.145 | P a g e

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