Domingos Simões Pereira

Domingos Simões Pereira

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Domingos Simões Pereira is a prominent Guinean politician and the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He has previously served as Prime Minister and is currently a key player in Guinea-Bissau's political landscape, advocating for early presidential elections amid ongoing disputes regarding the current president's term.

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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of the Assembleia Nacional Popular of Guinea-Bissau, whose full liberation is being urgently called for by the Presidents of the Parliaments of the CPLP.

Presidentes dos Parlamentos da CPLP apelam à libertação plena de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-25
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Janira Offer Almada

Domingos Simões Pereira is an opposition leader in Guinea-Bissau whose imprisonment was condemned by the President of Mozambique.

Militares no poder na Guiné-Bissau acusam Chapo de "falta de moral"
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-18
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Domingos Simões Pereira, the president of the historic African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was placed in preventive detention on November 10.

Conselho de transição “congela” relações com Cabo Verde
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-15
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of the National People's Assembly and leader of the PAIGC, currently facing legal challenges and calls for his unconditional release.

CPLP pede libertação incondicional de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-15
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of PAIGC and the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau, currently detained amid a political crisis.

PAICV pede intervenção da CPLP e da CEDEAO para garantir libertação de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-13
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Domingos Simões Pereira, the main opposition leader in Guinea-Bissau, has been placed in preventive detention while being investigated for alleged involvement in a coup attempt.

Principal líder da oposição na Guiné-Bissau colocado em prisão preventiva
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-10
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the leader of PAIGC and former executive secretary of the CPLP, currently facing judicial proceedings.

Primeiro-ministro quer aprofundar cooperação com CPLP e com Portugal
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-09
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the main opposition leader in Guinea-Bissau and is being investigated for alleged involvement in a coup attempt.

Decisão judicial permite julgamento de Simões Pereira no Tribunal Militar – advogado
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-07-03
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the main opposition leader in Guinea-Bissau and was heard as a witness in a military court regarding an alleged coup attempt.

Opositor Simões Pereira ouvido como "declarante" no Tribunal na Guiné
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-02-13
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Domingos Simões Pereira, the leader of the opposition in Guinea-Bissau, was released after 66 days in prison without charges.

“O racismo em Portugal está a evoluir ao contrário” | Podcast Na Terra dos Cacos
Público·PortugalPortugal· 2026-02-04
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Domingos Simões Pereira, leader of PAIGC, has been detained since the coup without any charges presented against him.

PR expressa desejo de «estabilidade» partilhado com Macron
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-01-31
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Domingos Simoes Pereira is the only opposition member kept under house arrest after the coup.

Coup d’Etat en Guinée-Bissau : plusieurs opposants, dont Fernando Dias, ont été libérés
Le Monde·FranceFrance· 2026-01-31
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Domingos Simões Pereira was finally released by the military junta that has been ruling the country since the coup d'état.

Guiné-Bissau: Domingos Simões Pereira já foi libertado da prisão | Guiné-Bissau
Público·PortugalPortugal· 2026-01-31
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau and will be released to house arrest today.

Grupo do PAIGC confirma libertação hoje de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-01-30
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Aladje Sano

Domingos Simões Pereira is the leader of the main political party in Guinea-Bissau and was recently released from prison after 66 days.

Militares guineenses vão libertar Domingos Simões Pereira ao fim de 66 dias de prisão | Guiné-Bissau
Público·PortugalPortugal· 2026-01-29
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Birame Diop
Birame Diop

Domingos Simões Pereira is considered the main opponent of Umaro Sissoco Embaló and remains imprisoned.

Dois meses após golpe, militares marcam novas eleições na Guiné-Bissau
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2026-01-24
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the leader of PAIGC who was detained following the coup.

Avião com cinco milhões de euros apreendidos em Lisboa era um “voo de Estado” | Diplomacia
Público·PortugalPortugal· 2025-12-22
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) who was detained following the coup.

​PJ detém em Lisboa homem próximo de ex-PR guineense por suspeitas de branqueamento
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2025-12-14
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of PAIGC and the elected president of the National Assembly.

PAICV condena golpe na Guiné-Bissau e pede libertação imediata de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2025-12-10
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Clovis Silva
Clovis Silva

Domingos Simões Pereira was the candidate from the main opposition party who was excluded from the elections.

Junta militar na Guiné-Bissau promulga documento que suspende Constituição | Guiné-Bissau
Público·PortugalPortugal· 2025-12-09
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Domingos Simões Pereira was controversially disqualified from contesting the November election and is currently in custody.

Was Guinea-Bissau’s November 26th “coup” a staged drama or just another institutional breakdown?
The Point (Gambia)·GambiaGambia· 2025-12-01
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the president of the National Assembly of Guinea-Bissau and has been detained following recent events in the country.

PAICV apela à libertação imediata de Domingos Simões Pereira
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2025-11-30
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Domingos Simoes Pereira, the main opponent in Guinea-Bissau, was removed from the presidential election.

Guinée-Bissau : le président renversé est arrivé à Brazzaville ; un parti d’opposition dénonce un raid contre son siège dans la capitale
Le Monde·FranceFrance· 2025-11-29
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Domingos Simões Pereira was excluded from the elections and declared support for the opposing candidate.

Presidente deposto retirado para o Senegal
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2025-11-28
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Domingos Simoes Pereira is the leader of the main opposition party and was seen as Embalo's main challenger.

Guinea-Bissau military seizes power - Taipei Times
Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999·TaiwanTaiwan· 2025-11-28
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Domingos Simões Pereira is the candidate from the main opposition party who was excluded from the elections.

Guiné-Bissau: Período de transição começa hoje e vai durar no máximo um ano
Expresso das Ilhas – Cape Verdean newspaper & portal·Cabo VerdeCabo Verde· 2025-11-27
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Domingos Simoes Pereira was reportedly detained following the coup.

Army officers say they have seized power in Guinea-Bissau
The Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·TanzaniaTanzania· 2025-11-27
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Domingos Simoes Pereira was the main opponent who was unable to present himself in the election.

Guinée-Bissau: le Président Sissoco Embaló destitué par un coup d’Etat
Sidwaya – main daily newspaper of Burkina Faso (French)·Burkina FasoBurkina Faso· 2025-11-27
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