Canary Islands Independence Movement

Movement for the Independence and Self-determination of the Canary Islands

*Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario* (spanish)
*Amussu Ful Aguselman d Uzarug Tigzirin n Kanarya* (Guanche)
Movement for the Independence and Self-determination of the Canary Islands Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario (spanish) ; Amussu Ful Aguselman d Uzarug Tigzirin n Kanarya (Guanche)
Leader	Antonio Cubillo
Founder	Antonio Cubillo
Founded	1964
Merged into	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC) in 1985
Headquarters	Algiers
Political wing	Partido de los Trabajadores Canarios (PTC)
Armed wing	Guanche Armed Forces (FAG); Canarian Armed Detachments (DAC)
Ideology	Canarian nationalism; Amazighism; Revolutionary socialism; Anti-imperialism
Political position	Far-left politics
Radio Station	La Voz de Canarias Libre
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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. During the 1970s, it operated through two terrorist groups: the Guanche Armed Forces (FAG) and the Destacamentos Armados Canarios (DAC) ('Canarian Armed Detachments').

It maintained good relations with other terrorist groups, mainly the First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (GRAPO), who provided it with weapons and explosives, and with Arab socialist governments, such as Libya and Algeria, which provided financing. MPAIAC radio programs, named "The voice of the Free Canaries", also encouraged Canary Islanders to "return to their roots" and popularize the Berber languages.^[1]

^ Soler, Mariano Sánchez (2010). La transición sangrienta: una historia violenta del proceso democrático en España, 1975-1983 [The bloody transition: a violent history of the democratic process in Spain, 1975-1983] (in Spanish). Península. ISBN 978-84-9942-001-1.

[1] Soler, Mariano Sánchez (2010). La transición sangrienta: una historia violenta del proceso democrático en España, 1975-1983 [The bloody transition: a violent history of the democratic process in Spain, 1975-1983] (in Spanish). Península. ISBN 978-84-9942-001-1.

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