Canary Islands

Canary Islands

Canary Islands

FREPIC-AWAÑAKflag

Beginning with Antonio Cubillo's MPAIAC in the early 1970s, some Canarian nationalist organizations have supported Berberism in order to emphasize native Guanche cultural difference with Spanish culture and highlight "Spanish colonialism".^[3][4] Although the movements attracted sympathies among local Canarios, the violent terror actions used initially by Cubillo's movement brought about a general rejection.^[5] Thus, even after Cubillo publicly renounced the armed struggle in August 1979, he failed to inspire much popular support.^[6]

Currently some political organizations in the Canary Islands such as the National Congress of the Canaries (CNC), the Popular Front of the Canary Islands (FREPIC-AWAÑAK), Alternativa Popular Canaria, Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC),^[7] Nueva Canarias (NC),^[8] Alternativa Popular Canaria (APC),^[9] Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria (ANC),^[10] Unidad del Pueblo (UP), Inekaren and Azarug espouse the pro-Berber cause in a higher or lower degree.^[11] Some of the symbols and colors of the flags of the Canarian pro-independence organizations,^[12] as well as the use of the word 'Taknara' (rejected by Cubillo himself) to refer to the archipelago, are seeking to represent Berber cultural roots.^[13]