Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Asturias yakaita basa rinokosha muzvinoitika zvakatungamirira kuHondo yevagari vemo yeSpain. Muna October 1934 vashandi vomumigodhi vokuAsturia nevamwe vashandi vakaita kumukira kwehondo (ona
Revolution yeAsturias) kuti varwise kuuya kwesimba kwebato rerudyi reCEDA, iro rakanga rawana nzvimbo nhatu dzehurumende muhurumende yepakati yeChipiri yeSpain. Kwemwedzi mumwe, Popular Front Committee yakava nesimba kumaodzanyemba kweAsturias, nepo makomiti evashandi vomunzvimbomo akabuda mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzomunharaunda yacho. Dare rehondo rinodzorwa navatsigiri veanarcho-syndicalist rakatora simba muOviedo. Mauto aitungamirirwa nomukuru mukuru akanga asingazivikanwi panguva iyoyo ainzi Francisco Franco Bahamonde akaunzwa achibva kuMorocco yokuSpain kuzoparadza kumukira kwacho. Franco akashandisa nzira dzaiwanzoshandiswa mumakoroni ari mhiri kwemakungwa, achishandisa mauto eSpanish Legion nemauto eMoroccan: kudzvinyirira kwoutsinye kwakatevera.