Ex-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has been in exile in Belgium for much of the last seven years after staging an illegal vote putting separation from Spain on the ballot. The independence leader came back this morning with a message: “I’m still relevant.” Then he vanished again, sparking a nation-wide manhunt. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Catalonia, Spain.
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