Basque Fatherland And Liberty (Noun)
Meaning
A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- ETA, or Basque Fatherland and Liberty, is a separatist group that fights for the independence of the Basque region from Spain and France.
- The Basque Fatherland and Liberty has been on the United States' list of foreign terrorist organizations since 1997.
- Basque Fatherland and Liberty was organized by a group of student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalist stance of the traditional Basque party.
- The Basque Fatherland and Liberty movement emerged as a form of resistance against General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime.
- Over the years, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty has claimed responsibility for numerous bombings and assassinations in the region.