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The Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Archipelago (Spanish: Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario, MPAIAC), was a Canarian nationalist and socialist organization, founded in 1964 by Antonio Cubillo, whose objective was the secession of the Canary Islands from Spain.
Since 1982 the Canary Islands have had a statute of autonomy, which defines the archipelago as a nationality of Spain. In the 1980s a nationalist-like party called UPC (Canarian People's Union) was the third-most-voted party in Canary Islands. In 1985 Antonio Cubillo returned from Algiers and founded the National Congress of the Canaries (CNC ...
A map of the Canary Islands Hacha Grande, a mountain in the south of Lanzarote, viewed from the road to the Playa de Papagayo A panoramic view of Gran Canaria, with Roque Nublo at the left and Roque Bentayga at the center. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the archipelago.
The Canarian People's Union (Spanish: Unión del Pueblo Canario, UPC) was a left-wing nationalist political coalition operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim was self-determination for the islands and socialism. It was a coalition between various political parties and groups, with a communist, pro-independence or nationalist ideology.
The Canarian Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Canaria) is a regionalist [5] [6] and Canarian nationalist [7] political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. [8] Its position has been labeled as centrist [9] and centre-right. [1]
Although earlier maps had shown fantastical depictions of the "Fortunate Islands" (on the basis of their mention in Pliny), this is the first European map where the actual Canary islands make a solid appearance (although Dulcert also includes some fantastic islands himself, notably Saint Brendan's Island, and three islands he names Primaria ...
Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa.The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the (dialecto) canario (Canarian dialect).
Cubillo founded the Canary Islands Independence Movement in 1963. [2] While exiled in Algiers, [3] escaping the Francoist dictatorial regime, he began a campaign to gain independence for the Canary Islands in the late 1970s. [2] In 1978, he was crippled in an assassination attempt linked to the security forces of the Spanish Ministry of the ...