Independence movements

Timeline: San Andrés and Providencia / Raizal self-determination

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  1. · Organisation founded

    Founding of AMEN-SD, 1999

    Several earlier Raizal groups merged to form the movement's principal independence-seeking organisation.

    Significance here: The founding of the principal Raizal self-determination and independence-seeking organisation.

  2. · Legal decision

    ICJ ruling in Nicaragua v. Colombia, 2012

    The International Court of Justice reduced Colombian maritime jurisdiction around the archipelago, prompting AMEN-SD protest.

    Significance here: A major international legal development that directly affected the archipelago and galvanised renewed AMEN-SD self-determination advocacy.

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