(FILES) Cape Verdean singer Ceuzany Pires sings during the shooting of a music video for her latest record "No tchal te li" (we stop here) at a restaurant in Mindelo, on May 25, 2026. Voters in Cape Verde, a small Portuguese-speaking archipelago in West Africa, are called to the polls on November 15 to elect their president. This former Portuguese colony is renowned for its political stability and good governance. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP via Getty Images)