| @minneapolitan : Though Cabinda may have a separatist movement, the FLEC, it does not make it an Unrecognized Autonomous Territory. De-facto states/ autonomous entities/ unrecognized republics are classified via the 1933 Montevideo Convention, which stipulates that a state needs four aspects in order to be considered a state: 1) A Permanent Population 2) a Defined Territory 3) a Government 4) and a capacity to enter into foreign relations...
Unfortunately Cabinda meets none of these requirements.
Just because an area wants to secede, which would be beneficial for Cabinda, doesn't mean it is an unrecognized republic. Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, etc meet the qualifications of Montevideo, therefore they are unrecognized republics.
There are other states which meet these 4 qualifications yet are not unrecognized republics because they choose to remain under the umbrella of the parent state for economic reasons. Examples include Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Bougainville, Cook Islands, and some even argue Scotland, Wales and N Ireland.
In short, I suggest that you take a look at anything by Nina Caspersen or Pal Kolsto. It is a very interesting topic that I've been working on for my thesis. |
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