Antonio Cubillo founded the Canary Islands Independence Movement

Canary Islands Independence Movement

The Canary Islands Independence Movement , also known as the Movement for the Independence and Self-determination of the Canaries Archipelago , is a defunct independentist organization that had a radio station in Algiers and resorted to violence in attempts to...

 in 1963. This Algiers-based group began a terrorist campaign against Spanish rule in the late 1970s. In 1978 he was crippled in an assassination

Assassination

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 attempt linked to the security forces of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior. After the movement was disbanded in 1982 (following the creation of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community

Autonomous communities of Spain

An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...

), he was granted a royal pardon and returned to Spain.http://www.canariastelecom.com/personales/elguanche/javiernart.htm He also founded in 1985 the National Congress of the Canaries

National Congress of the Canaries

National Congress of the Canaries is a separatist political party in the Canary Islands, Spain.It supports independence for the Canary Islands. The CNC was founded in 1985 by Antonio Cubillo, former general secretary of MPAIAC, after Cubillo returned from Algiers, where he lived.CNC achieved...

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