Canary Islands Now (

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: ''Ahora Canarias'') is a

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and Canarian separatist

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founded in February 2019 in order to compete in the

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and the Canarian regional election of that same year. The alliance is formed by three parties: Canarian Nationalist Alternative (

: ''Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, ANC),''

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(

: ''Congreso Nacional de las Canarias''; CNC) and the

Unity of the People Unidad del Pueblo (; UP) is a Canary Islands left-wing nationalist party. Objectives UP seeks independence for the Canary Islands and building a socialist society. The party defends a leading paper of the working class in the process of achieving ...

(Spanish: ''Unidad del Pueblo'', UP). The parties involved in Ahora Canarias are also part of the

Ahora Repúblicas Republics Now (; ; ; ; ;Boletín Oficial del Estado
30 April 2019 ;

alliance formed for the

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. Ahora Repúblicas is formed from progressive, left-wing

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and independentist parties from

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, the Basque Country, Galicia,

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and the

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. In the

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and the 2023 general election Ahora Canarias is forming an alliance with the Communist Party of the Canarian Peoples.

Election results

References

{{Reflist Ahora Repúblicas Canarian nationalist parties Federations of political parties in Spain 2019 establishments in Spain Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain