US EditionThe Struggle of Annobon, an African Island that Was Part of the Viceroyalty: “We Want Argentina to Support Our Independence”
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It was requested by the self-proclaimed Prime Minister of Annobon, an archipelago belonging to Equatorial Guinea. It is based on the Spanish colonial past that it shares with the countries that made up the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata.
Although his native language is Fa d’Ambo (a mixture of Portuguese and Spanish), Orlando Cartagena Lagar, 59, escaped four decades ago from a prison on the African island of Annobon, which belongs to Equatorial Guinea, and went into exile in Barcelona, so he speaks with a strong Spanish accent. Three years ago, an assembly of hundreds of Annobonenses in exile designated him as “prime minister” of the island, in a symbolic act without official re…
The island of Annobón, which has been demanding independence from Equatorial Guinea since 2022, is asking for Argentina's support to be recognized as a sovereign state, and to do so, they would join the Latin American country as an associate state to be able to manage the serious humanitarian crisis affecting their territory, reported the Argentine newspaper La Nacion.
The island asked the Argentine government for help, but it still did not get answers. They denounce "humiliations" on the part of Equatorial Guinea with a population that cannot escape safely.
Located in the Gulf of Guinea, southwest of Africa, Annobón is a small island that has begun to attract attention for a very particular reason: its desire to become an associated state with the Argentine Republic. Annobón is an island territory of just 17 square kilometers, located south of São Tomé and Príncipe, near the coast of Gabon. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1473 and has had a history marked by institutional neglect, first unde…
The Prime Minister of Annobon Orlando Cartagena Lagar spoke with Border Journalism and in an interview with María Julia Olivan denied the versions that claim that the island intends to annex to Argentina. He clarified that he only seeks the support of some country to its independence to be recognized by the UN. The entry The Prime Minister of Annobon clarified that he does not want to annex to Argentina, but seeks to be recognized by the UN was …
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