by Don Quijones Ugly repercussions far beyond Spanish borders
By Don Quijones, Spain & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET:
For the last six months, tensions between Madrid and Barcelona seemed to have subsided, as most of the attention of Spanish government, the media, and the public was diverted by the seemingly unstoppable rise of Pablo Iglesias’ anti-austerity party Podemos — a rise that has suddenly stopped.
Now it seems that what first appeared as reduced tensions between Madrid and Spain’s north-eastern province was merely the calm before the mother of all storms. Continue reading “Mother of All Storms Builds Over Catalonia’s Independence”
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