Antonio Cubillo

Antonio de León Cubillo Ferreira (3 June 1930 - 10 December 2012) was a terrorist, politician, lawyer, and independentist militant of the Canary Islands.

Cubillo was born on 3 June 1930 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna and received a law degree from the University of La Laguna. He was married and had 3 children. He died on 10 December 2012 at his home in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Biography

He founded the Canary Islands Independence Movement in 1963. While exiled in Algiers, escaping the Francoist dictatorial regime, Antonio Cubillo began a campaign to claim independence from the Spanish rule in the late 1970s. In 1978 he was crippled in an assassination 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), he was able to return to Spain and found a democratic party in 1985. the National Congress of the Canaries. In 2002, the Madrid supreme court recognized that the Government of Spain committed a crime of State terrorism against his person in 1978 and paid him damages him as a result. To this day, this is the first time the State officially recognized it engaged into crimes state against civilians. In 2011, a documentary called, "Cubillo, The story of a state crime" was diffused on National TV highlighting the role of the State.

Cubillo

Cubillo is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 58 inhabitants.

Coordinates: 41°07′N 3°54′W / 41.117°N 3.900°W / 41.117; -3.900

Antonio

Antonio is a Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese first name of Latin origin. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Totò, Tó, Tony, Toni, Toninho,and Toñito.

The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, In Galician the form Antón. The Greek versions fxxxx general Marcus Antonius held that the origin of the name was Anthon, son of Hercules. This myth, recorded by Plutarch, was probably created by Marcus Antonius himself, in order to claim divine parentage. The name was in use throughout the Roman world which, at its height, comprised the whole of the Mediterranean and much of Europe as well as the Middle East. When the Roman Empire became Christian, the name continued in popularity because of the many great saints who bore the name. Later, the name was spread all around the world as Christianity was introduced to other places (e.g. the Far East, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa).

La Voz

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