Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
Appearance
Portuguese: Movimento para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda French: Mouvement de Libération de l'Enclave du Cabinda | |
Abbreviation | MLEC |
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Merged into | Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union and Mayombe National Alliance |
Successor | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda |
Formation | 1961 |
Merger of | 1963 |
Purpose | Cabinda province separatism |
Location |
The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Movimento para a Libertação do Encrave de Cabinda; French: Mouvement de Libération de l'Enclave du Cabinda; MLEC) is a defunct, separatist organization that campaigned for the independence of Cabinda province from Portugal. MLEC merged with the Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union(which was originally a faction of MLEC) and the Mayombe National Alliance in 1963 to form the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda. Cabinda is now a province and an exclave of Angola.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mullen, J. Atticus Ryan; Christopher A. Mullen (1997). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization, Yearbook 1997. p. 57.