Liberation Front of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde
Liberation Front of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Amilcar Cabral |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Dissolved | Unknown |
| Headquarters | Dakar |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism African nationalism African socialism Anti-imperialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The Liberation Front of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Frente de Libertação da Guiné Portuguesa e Cabo Verde, FLGC) was a militant political party in Guinea-Bissau, then part of Portuguese Guinea, formed to seek independence from Portugal.[1]
It was established in Dakar in 1960 by Amilcar Cabral and Henri Labėry from an amalgamation of the Liberation Movement of Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands (French:Mouvement de Liberation de la Guinee Portugaise et des Iles du Cap Vert, MLGCV) with other groups such as the Liberation Movement of Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese: Movimento de Libertação da Guiné Portuguesa, MLGP)
Its life was short due to internal conflict and it was soon replaced by the United Liberation Front (Front Uni de Libération, FUL), a predecessor of the Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea (Frente de Luta Pela Independencia Nacional da Guine-Bissau, FLING)
References[]
- ^ Mendy, Peter. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. p. 188.
- Defunct political parties in Guinea-Bissau
- Political parties established in 1960
- Portuguese Guinea
- Separatism in Portugal