Asturian Nationalist Council (in Asturian: ''Conceyu Nacionalista Astur'' or CNA), was a

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. The CNA was Asturian nationalist and

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party.

History

CNA was created by young nationalists determined to break with the Asturian political tradition, and to offer an Asturian nationalist and left-wing alternative to the state-building process during the

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. The founder were inspired by the national liberation movements of the

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, Canaries and Basque Country. Among the founders were Xosé Lluis Carmona, singer Carlos Rubiera, Dubardu Puente, Pepe Fernández Alonso, Xesús Cañedo Valle and David Rivas (1957). Its secretary general was Anxelu Zapico. A lot of its members had been involved in the pro-

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movement Conceyu Bable. During its existence it did not achieve any big electoral success. One of the most polemic incidents was the arrest of various members of the party that were accused of collaborating with ETA (pm), an accusation that the party rejected. The party was illegal from 1976 to 1979. CNA disappeared in 1981, giving birth to a series of new asturianist parties, like the Ensame Nacionalista Astur or the

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Ideology

The Council was a multi-tendency

party, although the majority of the members defended some sort of

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. The party also defined itself as

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(considering

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and pro-

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. One of the most remarkable aspects of the party was its open defense of homosexual rights, one of the first political parties to do that in

.Zimmerman, P. (2011). ''Faer Asturies: Linguistic Politics and the Frustrated Construction of Asturian Nationalism, 1974-1999''. pp. 135.

Elections results

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References

* Miguel Ángel González Muñíz; ''Los partidos políticos de Asturias''. 1982 (pages 59–62) * Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. ''La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999)''. Editorial Trabe, 2012. Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties in Asturias Asturian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain