Guillermo Ascanio

Guillermo Ascanio was a Communist Party of Spain politician. He fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and tried to prevent Spanish coup of [March 1939|Casado's coup of March 1939]. After the victory of the Nationalists, he was executed by the government of Francisco Franco in Madrid.

Biography

Ascanio was born in the Gomera town of Vallehermoso, [Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Vallehermoso] on 30 October 1907. Ascanio studied industrial engineering in Germany, later returning to Spain. He would join the Communist Party of Spain, within which he would carry out intense work. Along with José [Miguel Pérez (politician)|José Miguel Pérez], he was one of the main figures of the Communist Party in the Canary Islands. He published several articles in Spartacus in some of which he came to defend the independence of the Canary Islands with respect to Spain, describing the political-economic situation of the archipelago as "semi-colonial".