[1] Beginnings: Algerian foundation The MPAIAC was founded on October 22, 1964 in Algeria by the lawyer Antonio Cubillo, previously linked to Canarias Libre and voluntarily expatriated in 1962 for unclear reasons.

The MPAIAC, supported by the Algerian Government, strategically opted for a Pan-Africanist line, resorting to the nationalist exaltation of the ancient Canarian aborigines known as Guanches.

Thus, Algeria could favor its geopolitical interests in the area during the Western Sahara war, and promote the creation of independent Canary Islands favorable to its interests.13 At the beginning of February 1976, a delegation from the Democratic Junta of Spain formed by Rafael Calvo Serer, Santiago Carrillo and José Vidal-Beneyto visited Algiers and requested the closure of the station, to facilitate the Spanish Transition, and the concession to Cubillo was not withdrawn until 1978, in that year on April 5, Antonio Cubillo was the victim of an attempt on his life in Algiers, organized by the Spanish secret services, as a result of which he became disabled.

On November 1, 1976, the MPAIAC began terrorist activity through the Guanche Armed Forces, detonating an explosive in the Galerías Preciados in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

[6] The terrorist activities did not stop, that same month the MPAIAC militant Santiago Marrero entered the La Isleta barracks (Las Palmas) to steal weapons, dying in the shootout with the Navy soldiers attempting to arrest him.

Within the CNC there would also be disputes over the distribution of $25,000 and subsequent financial aid that supposedly went to its private account in France and that would have ended attempts at aggression among its members.

[clarification needed] The political objective of the MPAIAC, the independence of the Canary Islands, was at stake in Spain's negotiations to join NATO in the second half of the 1970s.