Spanish Democracy
Since 1982 the Canary Islands have a statute of autonomy, never ratified by the people, that defines the archipelago as a nationality of Spain.
In the 1980s a nationalist-like party called UPC (Canarian People's Union) was the third most voted party in Canary Islands. In 1985 Antonio Cubillo returned from Algiers and founded the National Congress of the Canaries (CNC).
Since 1993, the nationalist party Canarian Coalition has held the government of the islands.
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