Antoni Infante (

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, 1958) is a Spanish politician. He is coordinator of the ''Platform for the right of self decision of the Valencian country'', member of

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and promoter of the ''Confederation of

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Organizations of the Catalan Countries''. His family was forced to migrate from

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to the

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owing to economic difficulties when he was a boy. He became a communist activist at the end of

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's times. He took part in the organization of

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and other villages of the

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. Later he was General Secretary of Horta section of Worker's Commissions. In 1987 he took the decision of engaging himself in favour of Catalan independentism and the fight for the

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. During this process he was a member of the

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since 1990. In 1991 he was one of the founders of the ''Assemblea Unitària per l'Autodeterminació'' (Unitary Assembly for the Self-Determination), together with Lluís Maria Xirinacs, Carles Castellanos, Jaume Soler, Eva Serra i Puig and Blanca Serra i Puig among others. In July 1992 he was arrested and tortured during the

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against

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.Acknowledgement to Antoni Infante for his 40 years of political struggle
He collaborates regularly with media from the

, such as ''La Veu del País Valencià'',

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, ''mon.cat'', ''Llibertat.cat'', ''Ràdio Klara'', ''Lliure i Millor'' or ''València Extra''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Infante, Antoni 1958 births Living people Politicians from the Valencian Community 21st-century Spanish politicians