Relationship dossier
Brazil
Cape Verde
Relationship assessment
Brazil and Cape Verde maintain cooperative ties, including development and technical cooperation.
Brazil toward Cape Verde
+35Brazil has supported Cape Verde through bilateral technical and development cooperation, including cooperation in areas such as agriculture and education.
Cape Verde toward Brazil
+30Cape Verde has participated in bilateral cooperation with Brazil and in Lusophone and South-South engagement that supports practical government ties, including education and technical cooperation.
Overall relationship
+35The bilateral relationship is characterized by sustained diplomatic engagement and practical cooperation, particularly through technical assistance and shared Lusophone institutions. These features support a cooperative assessment, although the breadth and implementation of specific programs are not sufficiently clear to characterize the partnership as exceptionally close.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil and Cape Verde maintain close ties grounded in shared Portuguese-language institutions and South-South cooperation. Brazil has provided development and technical cooperation, including through bilateral programs, while the countries have engaged in agreements and consultations on areas such as education and agriculture. The relationship is cooperative, though its practical scope and continuity are less clear than those of Brazil’s closest strategic partnerships.
Key developments
Brazil and Cape Verde established a framework of bilateral technical and development cooperation, including work in agriculture and education.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral technical-cooperation programs are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level consultations and sectoral cooperation is uncertain.