Movement for the Independence and Self-determination of the Canary Islands Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario (MPAIAC) | |
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| Leader | Antonio Cubillo |
| Founder | Antonio Cubillo |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dissolved | inactive since 1979 |
| Merged into | National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) in 1985 |
| Headquarters | Algiers |
| Political wing | Partido de los Trabajadores Canarios (PTC) |
| Armed wing | Fuerzas Armadas Guanches (FAG) |
| Ideology | Canarian nationalism Amazighism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism |
| Radio Station | La Voz de Canarias Libre |
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The Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands (Spanish: Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario, MPAIAC), was an independentist organization and socialist nature, founded in 1964 by Antonio Cubillo, whose objective was the secession of the Canary Islands from Spain. During the 1970s it operated through two terrorist groups: the Guanche Armed Forces (FAG) and the Canarian Armed Detachments (DAC), directly, but unintentionally causing one death. It maintained good relations with other terrorist groups, mainly First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (GRAPO), who provided it with weapons and explosives, and with socialist Arab governments, such as Libya and Algeria, which provided financing and in Algiers they had a radio station. Also MPAIAC radio programs asked the Canarian people to "return to their roots" and tried to popularize the Berber language.[1]
- ^ Soler, Mariano Sánchez (2010). La transición sangrienta: una historia violenta del proceso democrático en España, 1975-1983 (in Spanish). Península. ISBN 978-84-9942-001-1.