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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 ...
Advocacy group: Movement for the Independence of the Free Territory of Trieste [131] [132] [133] Aosta Valley Aosta Valley. Proposition: Greater autonomy for Aosta. Political party: Valdostan Union [134] [135] [136] Sardinia Sardinia. Ethnic group: Sardinian people. Proposition: Greater autonomy or independence for Sardinia. [137] [138]
Movement for the Self- Determination and Independence of the Canarian Archipelago (MPAIAC) The Guanche Armed Forces ( Spanish : Fuerzas Armadas Guanches (FAG)) was the armed wing of the Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canarian Archipelago , Spanish : Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del ...
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 ...
The Canarian Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Canaria, CC or CCa) is a regionalist [6] [7] and Canarian nationalist [8] political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. [9] Its position has been labeled as centrist [10] and centre-right. [1]
At present, the Canary Islands is the only autonomous community in Spain that has two capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, since the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands was created in 1982. [17] [18] The political capital of the archipelago did not exist as such until the nineteenth century.
There has been a strong connection with Cuban music, Venezuelan, Puerto Rican, and other Caribbean countries both through commerce and migration. Popular dances from the Canary Islands include: Isas; Tajaraste. It probably inspired the Canary dance which became popular all over Europe in the late 16th and early 17th century. Baile del Candil