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Barcelona soccer fans make their feelings known about Catalan independence, at a game on Wednesday Oct 18th 2017

The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain

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With Catalonia threatening to declare independence from Spain, we look into the origins of the dispute between Barcelona and Madrid.

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