So yeah, an all Latin-American final would make a fantastic statement in the current environment.
So would Canada-Mexico. Or Iran-anyone. Or Uzbekistan. I just like saying Uzbekistan.
So Curacao got roasted yesterday …
But Cabo Verde came up big today.
Cabo Verde threw off slavery only to suffer through drought and deforestation.
There are now more Cabo Verdeans in diaspora than on the island.
But it’s now doing relatively well. It’s a stable African democracy.
Congrats, Nik Ehlers.
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Cabo Verde, meanwhile, has 530,000 people.
This Atlantic isle also celebrates its size and isolation.
“With dignity, bury the seed in the dust of the naked island / In life's precipice, hope is as big as the sea which embraces us.”
Curaçao has only 158,000 people. It is the smallest nation to compete in the World Cup.
It’s national anthem, sung only in the Caribbean Creole language called Papiamento - What, you don’t speak Papiamento? - proudly refers to the tiny island nation as “a boulder in the sea.”
The World Cup final I want to watch:
• Curaçao vs Cabo Verde
Here’s why …
But two tiny post-colonial islands with a combined population that’s smaller than Winnipeg competing for the Cup?
That’s what I want.
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There are 26 players on Curaçao’s World Cup roster. Plus three coaches.
That means one in every 5,044 people in Curaçao *are competing* in the World Cup.
You think Brazil is obsessed with football? This boulder has them beat.
