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Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

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Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
Portuguese: Movimento para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda
French: Mouvement de Libération de l'Enclave du Cabinda
AbbreviationMLEC
Merged intoAction Committee of the Cabinda National Union and Mayombe National Alliance
SuccessorFront for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
Merger of1963
PurposeCabinda province separatism
Location

The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Movimento para a Libertação do Enclave 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 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]

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  1. ^ Mullen, J. Atticus Ryan; Christopher A. Mullen (1997). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization, Yearbook 1997. p. 57.