United Canarian People
The Canarian United People was a left-wing nationalist political coalition operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim was self-determination for the islands and socialism. It was a coalition between various political parties and groups, with a communist, pro-independence or nationalist ideology. The coalition received the support of the MPAIAC.Members of the coalition
The political parties that formed the Coalition were:
In the Spanish elections of 1977 PCU only presented a candidacy to the Province of Las Palmas, obtaining 17,717 votes, but no representation.
In 1979 PCU was banned from participating in the general elections because it was considered and "anti-constitutional" candidacy. This led the organizations that formed the coalition to create a new movement: Canarian People's Union. UPC was joined by the Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries, Socialist Party of the Canaries, Canarian Assembly and
Canarian Nationalist Autonomous Confederation. A sector of PCU that was critical with the political direction of the coalition, which they considered that was moderating towards autonomist positions, left the PCC and CC and formed a movement called Radicales de Base de PCU, that finally also joined UPC.
