Her Excellency Maria de Jesus Mascarenhas was recently appointed General Consul of Cabo Verde in the United States of America and Norwich is historically her first visit with local Caboverdian community.
Mascarenhas holds a bachelor's degree in international law and acquired her Masters Degree
in Economic Development and International Cooperation from the University of Lisbon. She started her diplomatic career in 1990 as Director of Cooperation at the Embassy in Lisbon.
General Consul Mascarenhas
About Cabo-Verde & USA relations:
The archipelago of Cabo Verde and the United States have an old relationship. The first American Consul to Cabo Verde was appointed in 1818. Initial ties with
Her most recent position before being named General Consul in Boston, she served as Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister in Cabo Verde. Diplomat Mascarenhas is the first woman Consul for the Republic of Cabo-Verde in the United States.
Diplomat Mascarenhas is the first woman Consul for the Republic of Cabo-Verde in the United States.
New England were established by young men who signed on as crew onboard Yankee whaling ships, and later effectively owning and operating the means of their immigration to America, while eventually establishing Caboverdian Diaspora communities in the in many seaports in Massachusetts and Providence. The island nation is presently being lauded in the international arena for good governance, and US aid is set to catapult from roughly $4 million this year to $110 million over the next five years as Cape Verde is decidedly a winner in the new competition for aid f unding known as the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) - -a fund established under President George Bush t o competitively reward developing exemplary nations that make progress in political and economic reform.
