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Spain

Catalonia in Limbo

2017-10-29 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia - Things are in unchartered waters, crisis conditions a long way from resolved.

Spain

Madrid Usurps Control Over Catalonia

10-28-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Catalan parliament votes to split from Spain

10-27-2017 • https://www.yahoo.com

With thousands of pro-independence activists gathered outside, the regional parliament in Barcelona passed a resolution to "declare Catalonia an independent state in the form of a republic".

Spain

Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow...

10-26-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow, Chaos To Follow

Spain

Catalonia Vice President Says "No Choice" But Declare Independence

10-26-2017 • themaven.net by Mike Mish Shedlock

The crisis in Spain has reached the critical phase with neither Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy nor Catalan President Carles Puigdemont willing to back down.

Spain

Catalan President Backs Off Calling Snap Elections

2017-10-26 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Catalan President to Call Snap Elections?

10-26-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Catalonia May Call Snap Elections to Preempt Spanish Takeover

10-25-2017 • AntiWar.com by Jason Ditz

Spanish Officials Say Elections Are 'Not Enough'

Spain

Catalan Separatist Leader: "Spain Leaves No Option But To Proclaim New Republic"

10-25-2017 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Update: Just hours after Puigdemont snubbed Madrid, canceling his visit to The Senate to discuss their imposition of Article 155, Catalan Deputy First Minister Oriol Junqueras told AP that the Spanish government had left Catalonia "no other option

Spain

Catalonia's Cecot Employer's Association Supports Regional Institutions

10-25-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Catalan separatists vow 'civil disobedience' in standoff with Madrid

10-23-2017 • yahoo.com by Alfons Luna

Catalan separatists Monday threatened "mass civil disobedience" if Madrid carries out threats to depose their leaders, as tensions mounted over a bid to sever the region from Spain.

Spain

Catalonia Suffers 'Worst Attacks' Since Franco Dictatorship: Peaceful Resistance Coming Up

10-23-2017 • themaven.net by Mike Mish Shedlock

Catalan president Carles Puigdemont delivered a scathing response to Mariano Rajoy's article 155 declaration.

Spain

Half a Million March in Massive Uprising Against Spanish Plan to Overtake Catalonia

10-23-2017 • lewrockwell.com By Julia Conley

Catalans poured into the streets of Barcelona Saturday following the Spanish prime minister announcement that he would move to take control of their region

Spain

Getting It Right On Catalonia

10-23-2017 • AntiWar.com by Justin Raimondo

There's something very wrong with an ideological movement that calls for opposition to centralism, protests high taxation, and defends the right to cultural and political autonomy – and yet, when it comes down to actually supporting these ideals

Spain

Catalan Separatists to Defy Madrid?

2017-10-23 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Half a Million March in Massive Uprising Against Spanish Plan to Overtake Catalonia

10-23-2017 • LewRockwell.Com

Catalans poured into the streets of Barcelona Saturday following the Spanish prime minister announcement that he would move to take control of their region

Spain

Catalan Regional Government Coup? Images of Police Violence Fake?

2017-10-23 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia - You can't make this stuff up! Madrid appears desperate to justify its unjustifiable imposition of direct rule over Catalonia, suspending its autonomy, effectively eliminating it, intending to install subservient puppet governance through

Spain

Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis

10-21-2017 • https://www.nytimes.com, By RAPHAEL MINDER

The escalating confrontation over Catalonia's independence drive took its most serious turn on Saturday as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain announced he would remove the leadership of the restive region and initiate a process of direct rule by

Spain

Coup d'Etat in Catalonia

2017-10-22 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia - Self-determination is a universal right. Constitutional and statute laws against it violate the UN Charter and other international law.

Spain

Madrid Imposes Direct Rule Over Catalonia

10-21-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Extent of Referendum Day Violence in Catalonia Revealed

10-21-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

EU Summit Discusses Catalonia

10-21-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

Bank Run Imminent: Catalan Separatists Urge Supporters To Pull Cash From ATMs On Friday Morning

10-20-2017 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

As tensions escalate in Spain, Catalan Separatists are potentially about to do some real damage and hit Madrid where it really hurts.

Spain

Spain Sets Stage to Take Control of Catalonia in Independence Fight

10-20-2017 • nytimes.com By RAPHAEL MINDER

The standoff over Catalonia intensified significantly on Thursday as the Spanish government said it would take emergency measures to halt a secessionist drive in the economically vital and politically restive northeastern region.

Spain

Uncharted Territory, Spain to Take Over Catalonia Government:

10-20-2017 • themaven.net by Mike Mish Shedlock

What's the Libertarian Position?

Spain

Madrid Intends Forced Catalonia Elections in January

10-20-2017 Stephen Lendman

Catalonia

Spain

"If Catalonia Fails, We All Fail..."

10-19-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Mike Krieger

While I've touched on the Catalan independence movement in several recent posts, I want to make one thing clear from the start. I don't have a strong opinion on whether or not independence is the right move for the region and its people.