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Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Rights
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development in Spain
- In Spain: The Second Republic
…the right-wing electoral grouping, the Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Rights (Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas; CEDA). The left viewed CEDA’s “accidentalism” (the doctrine that forms of government are irrelevant provided the church can fulfill its mission) as suspect, and these suspicions were only exacerbated by a proclivity among Gil Robles’s…
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leadership of Gil Robles
- In José María Gil Robles
…coalition called the CEDA (Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas), which became the most powerful bloc after the elections of November 1933, when women voted for the first time. Nevertheless, the president, Niceto Alcalá Zamora, asked the radical Alejandro Lerroux to form a government, because Alcalá Zamora feared left-wing reactions…
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