Catalonia used to be its own country but lost wars to Spain and became part of Spain in 1716. It’s the economic powerhouse of Spain and has had many revolutionary uprisings over the past two centuries. They use their own language. In the 1930s Spain allowed them autonomy. During Francisco Franco’s rule, the autonomy was revoked and they were even forbidden from using their own language. After Franco’s death in 1975 Catalonia adopted a new statute of autonomy. Spain contested this. In 2014 92% of the people of Catalonia passed a referendum for independence. The referendum included a plan for secession by 2017. Spanish courts declared the vote and plan illegal. A recent vote on 1 Oct was an independence referendum. The vote was met with much violence by the Spanish government to include shooting people who tried to vote and physical beatings of women on the street who tried to vote. I’m sure the deep state governments around the world watched closely to see how much violence they could get away with in civilized society.
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