The Canary Islands,also known informally as the Canaries,are a Spanish region,autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland,they are 100 kilometres west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife,commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz,is a city,the capital of the island of Tenerife,Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands,along with Las Palmas. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife,with nearly half of the island's population living in or around it.
The Canarian Coalition is a regionalist and Canarian nationalist political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. Its position has been labeled as centrist and centre-right. The party governed the Canary Islands from 1993 to 2019;and currently since 2023 under Fernando Clavijo Batlle's leadership.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,on the Canary Islands,Spain. The former capital of the Canary Islands,the city is the third-most populous city of the archipelago and the second-most populous city of the island.
The University of La Laguna is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna,on the island of Tenerife,Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university has six campuses:Central,Anchieta,Guajara,Campus del Sur,Ofra and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Román Rodríguez Rodríguez is a Canarian politician who was the president of the Canary Islands between 1999 and 2003. He was licensed in medicine at the University of La Laguna. He worked as a medical assistant for one year and as a university professor.
The Battle of Aguere,or Battle of San Cristóbal de La Laguna,was fought between forces of the Crown of Castile,led by the Adelantado Alonso Fernández de Lugo,and the natives of Tenerife,called Guanches. The battle took place on 14-15 November 1494.
The Cathedral of San Cristóbal de La Laguna or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios is a Catholic church in Tenerife,Spain. Constructed between 1904 and 1915 to replace an earlier building begun in 1515 and designated a cathedral in 1818,it is dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios. The cathedral is the mother church of the diocese,which includes the islands of Tenerife,La Palma,La Gomera and El Hierro in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is therefore where the episcopal seat of the bishop of this diocese,which is currently vacant following the 2024 retirement of Bishop Bernardo Álvarez Afonso. This is one of the most important churches of the Canary Islands.
Paulino Rivero Baute is a Spanish politician and teacher. A member of the Canarian Coalition,he is the former president of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.
Alternativa Popular Canaria is a Canarian nationalist leftist party founded in 2002,and part of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Canario (MLNC). Its creation was spurred by the youth organisation Azarug and several municipal parties,as well as members of various leftist nationalist parties.
Cristóbal Bencomo y Rodríguez was a Spanish Catholic priest and confessor of King Ferdinand VII of Spain.
The Canarian Independent Groups were a Spanish political party based in the Canary Islands that existed from 1985 until its integration in Canarian Coalition.
Communist Party of the Canary Islands (provisional) (Spanish:Partido Comunista Canario-provisional,PCC(p)),later Party of the Canarian Revolution (Spanish:Partido de la Revolución Canaria),PRC) was a Marxist-Leninist and Canarian nationalist political party operating in the Canary Islands. The party aim was self-determination for the islands and socialism.
Carolina Darias San Sebastián is a Spanish civil servant and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who served as minister of Health of Spain from 2021 to 2023. Before that,from 2020 to 2021,she served as Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
As in the rest of Spain,the majority religion in the Canary Islands is the Catholic Church. The Catholic religion has been the majority since the Conquest of the Canary Islands in the fifteenth century. This religion would largely replace the Canarian aboriginal religion through the prohibition of the latter and syncretism. According to a survey conducted in 2019,Canary Islands is the fifth autonomous community in Spain with the highest percentage of people who declare themselves to be Catholics after the Region of Murcia,Extremadura,Galicia,Aragon,and Castile and León. 76.7% of the population is Catholic.
Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez is a Spanish politician currently serving as minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory since 2023 and secretary-general of the Socialist Party of the Canaries (PSC–PSOE) since 2019. Before that,he served as president of the Canary Islands from 2019 to 2023.
Asier Antona Gómez is a Spanish politician and senator. He is the current senator representing the Canary Islands in the Senate of Spain. Gomez was appointed senator as a representative from the Canary Islands by the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
Cristina Valido García is a member of Canarian Coalition who serves as the party's member of the Congress of Deputies since August 2023. Between 2017 and 2019,Valido served as the counselor of employment and politics in the government of the Canary Islands under President Fernando Clavijo Batlle.
The tertulia de Nava was a Spanish Enlightenment intellectual circle in San Cristóbal de la Laguna that regularly met at Nava Palace. From its creation by Tomás de Nava-Grimón y Porlier to its heyday under his son Alonso de Nava y Grimón,the union brought together grand personalities from Tenerife and the rest of the Canary Islands,such as Fernando de la Guerra y del Hoyo-Solórzano,Fernando de Molina y Quesada,Lope Antonio de la Guerra y Peña,Juan Antonio de Urtusáustegui,Joséde Llarena y Mesa,Agustín de Betancourt,and others. Joséde Viera y Clavijo was the major promoter and architect of the tertulia as he was integral to the culture of the Canary Islands during the 18th century.
The Second government of Fernando Clavijo was formed on 15 July 2023,following the latter's election as President of the government of Canary Islands by the Parliament of the Canary Islands on 12 July and his swearing-in on 14 July,as a result of Canarian Coalition (CCa),the People's Party (PP),the Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) and Gomera Socialist Group (ASG) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament following the 2023 Canarian regional election. It succeeded the government of Ángel Víctor Torres and has been the incumbent Government of the Canary Islands since 21 July 2023,a total of 567 days,or 1 year,6 months and 17 days.
