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Former Catalan president forgoes efforts to reclaim his office

Mar 1, 2018

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has said he will not attempt to reclaim his office in the wake of his failed bid for Catalan independence last year, instead throwing his support behind imprisoned MP ...

Catalan vote descends into violence and chaos, but yields landslide for independence

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Oct 3, 2017

Policy, Science, World

Violence erupted between Spanish national police and Catalan separatists attempting to vote on Sunday, causing the balloting to descend into confrontation and chaos. According to Catalan authorities, however, t...

Spain’s aggressive moves to block Catalan independence referendum will likely backfire

West Side Story

Sep 24, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science, World

In a reignition of centuries old tensions, the Catalan plan to hold an independence referendum on October 1st has provoked an aggressive response from the Spanish national government in Madrid. On Friday, the c...

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