Antonio Cubillo

Biography

Antonio Cubillo, born on June 3, 1930, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna and died on December 10, 2012, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, was a lawyer, politician, and activist labeled a terrorist. He was the founder of the Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario (Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands) in 1963, after going into exile from the Canary Islands due to his activism, as a lawyer, against the Franco regime of the time.

This political movement (MPAIAC), based in Algiers, began a militant campaign against Spanish rule in the 1970s with the support of Algeria, and later the OAU (Organization of African Unity). In March 19...