The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) is a political party founded in 1956 to gain independence for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde from Portugal. Led by Amílcar Cabral, the party used armed struggle to to fight their liberation war, leading to independence in 1974 and establishing a socialist one-party state, which evolved with the introduction of multi-party democracy in the 1990s. The PAIGC remains a major political force in Guinea-Bissau today.