Two canaries activists accused of “occupying” the Savage Islands … – 20minutos.es

Two canaries activists accused of "occupying" the Savage Islands … – 20minutos.es

Protest against oil exploration in the Canaries. (AP)

Two canaries activists have been evicted by Marina de Portugal after “Occupy” Savage Islands, belonging to the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, where they unfurled a banner of his political education in an act of vindictive nature.

According to a spokesperson for the Portuguese Navy, the two activists are being moved by a patrol to the port of Funchal , the capital of Madeira, where legal proceedings initiated against them.

According to the same sources, the two reached the Savage Islands on Monday September 22 along with two other people, for that had a temporary authorization. However, two of them decided to stay on land despite not having permission to do so and did not return with his teammates in the same boat in which they had arrived and departed on the same day.

Power of the Portuguese Navy specified that the two Spaniards have not been arrested, but they will be fined On Tuesday the Portuguese Navy decided to send a patrol to control the situation. Once in the area, activists passed the obligation to leave the island, to which they responded that they had no means to do so, according to these same sources.

For this reason, Portugal decided to move in this same patrol both to Funchal. Activists belonging to the party “ Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria “, unfurled a banner with the phrase: “.’s Canarian waters are not Spanish or Portuguese No extraction of oil”, according reported through social networks.

The protest is related to oil exploration that will perform in the Canary Islands Spanish company Repsol, which have been controversial.

Sources of the Portuguese Navy They pointed that the two Spaniards were not arrested , that never showed violent behavior and that the breach of regulations to visit the Savage Islands leads entail a financial penalty which will face.

The Savage Islands are a nature reserve for its high ecological value since 1971 , with an area of ​​9,445 hectares, organized on three islands and twelve islets. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean, 80 miles north of the Canary archipelago and 162 south of Madeira, and last year received the official visit of the head of Portuguese State, Aníbal Cavaco Silva.