 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana July 17, 1936, Hondo yavagari vemo yeSpain yakatanga uye vaRepublican vakakurira kumukira kworudzi muCatalonia. Asi munharaunda yeCatalonia makanga musina maindasitiri ehondo, uye vashandi vakawanda, vachiziva zvinodikanwa zvepamberi uye vachisundwa nomudzimu weshanduko wenguva yacho, vakasarudza nenzira yavo vamene kutanga kugadzira zvombo nezvishandiso zvavarwi. Zvisinei, kuita zvinhu nokukurumidza uku kwakanga kusina kunyatsoshanda. Kuitira kuti zvirongwa izvi zvibudirire, CIG yakasikwa musi waAugust 7, 1936, iyo yakava nesimba nemutemo weGeneralitat, musi waAugust 12. 