The President of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves, congratulated Dino D’Santiago for the Latin Grammy he received in the United States, with the album “Criolo, Amaro & Dino”, created in partnership with Brazilians Criolo and Amaro Freitas.
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13/11/2026
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Lusa
O President of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, today congratulated Dino D’Santiago on the Latin Grammy Award she received on Thursday, in the United States, with the album she created with Brazilians Criolo and Amaro Freitas.
“Congratulations Dino Santiago, honor committee member of my presidential candidacy for the Latin Grammy Award. It makes history, projects Cape Verde in the world and is distinguished as a reference of this Creole nation”, wrote on social networks.
José Maria Neves reapplys to a second term in the presidential elections on Sunday in the archipelago.
“Capo Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Portugal, thank you to this Portuguese language for making us a unique people,” said Dino D’Santiago, a Cape Verdean musician in his thank-you speech.
The debut album of the Portuguese-Brazilian project, entitled “Criolo, Amaro & Dino”, won the award in the category of Best Album of Brazilian Popular Music/Afro Brazilian Portuguese Music.
At the origin of this project between Portugal and Brazil was the song “Esperança”, given to know in 2024.
Because of it, signed with Criolo, Amaro Freitas and Brazilian producer Nave, Dino D’Santiago was nominated in 2024 for the Latin Grammy.
The album is described as the “result of three perspectives that created a sound and own language”, having “the three artists [divided] studio sessions between Rio de Janeiro, Recife, São Paulo and Lisbon”.