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Pro-independence Catalonians hold up giant letters reading "We are ready, Independence" during the final meeting before a ceremonial referendum in Barcelona on November 7, 2014.

Catalonia’s leaders plan secession from Spain

April 14, 2015Global Politics

The leaders of Catalonia say they’re ready to secede from Spain if they win an independence referendum this September. But even if Catalans vote yes, the Spanish government is dead set against any breakup.

Should the matching shirt summit tradition live or die?

November 10, 2014Global Scan

Thousands of Catalans march in Barcelona for independence

Catalans march for an independence vote of their own

September 12, 2014Global Politics

French Catalans less interested in independence than Spanish neighbors

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Spain’s Catalonia region turns out in peaceful call for independence

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

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Why I Like Catalan and Don’t Speak it

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Gerry Hadden has lived in Catalonia for eight years. He speaks English, Spanish, French and German. But not Catalan. His kids speak it, his neighbors speak it, FC Barcelona speak it. Gerry doesn’t speak Catalan because he doesn’t need to.

No Independence Fever Among French Catalans

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Spain’s northeast region of Catalonia holds elections Sunday. Its regional president, Artur Mas, says if he wins a majority, he’ll hold a referendum on independence from Spain.

Million Man March for Catalonian Independence

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Spain’s ongoing economic crisis is straining relations between the central government and the country’s semi-autonomous regions.

A Catalonian Christmas tradition

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Gerry Hadden reports a Christmas tradition in the Catalonian region of Spain. It will strike you as unusual and might strike you as offensive. It is a figure in the Catalonian nativity scene called the ï¿½pooper.ï¿½

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