Victor Monteiro, 34, with son Caio, age 7, at their home in Praia, Cape Verde, West Africa on September 6th, 2023. Monteiro has been the primary caretaker since his child was one, when his wife emigrated to the United States to pursue better economic opportunity. Poverty in this former Portuguese colony of enslaved people, is estimated to be upwards of 35.5%. Today, more Cape Verdeans live outside the country than inside it due to this.