Catalonia independence*push draws huge crowds

[Canarian Weekly]

AN estimated 800,000 people turned out in Barcelona and other towns in Catalonia on Sunday, which featured a day of rallies by nationalists, whose ambition is to break ties with Spain. It was appropriate timing because Sunday was “Diada”, Catalonia’s national day, which commemorates the 1714 moment when Barcelona fell to troops loyal to Spain’s […]

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