secession

"The public mobilization we see in Catalonia inspires us," she told AFP, referring to the northeastern region of Spain that mounted a secession bid in 2017.

A key sticking point is an amnesty law for those prosecuted in the northeastern Catalonia region's failed 2017 secession bid, Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

The Confederacy appropriated the Declaration in an attempt to legitimize secession, with President Jefferson Davis citing “the American idea that governments rest upon the consent of the governed.”

A referendum on secession could be held as soon as next year.

Supporters of "the former regime or terrorist organisations" were barred from membership, as were advocates of "secession, division or seeking foreign intervention".