Catalonia – Peter Geoghegan

A Catalan UDI? Reasons to be Fearful

By peterPosted on 7th October 20177th October 2017Posted in Catalonia, PoliticsTagged Catalonia, Independence, Madrid, Referendum, Slovenia

The day I left Barcelona an open letter appeared hundreds of miles away, in a central European republic, calling on the local government to condemn the Spanish authorities’ violence in Catalonia. The letter – which also demanded the European Union recognise the outcome of Sunday’s vote – appeared in a nation all too familiar with […]

Catalans form human chain for independence

By peterPosted on 8th October 2013Posted in Catalonia, Global Post, independenceTagged Catalonia, Global Post, human chain

BARCELONA, Spain — People in Catalonia formed a 250-mile human chain across this Spanish region in the latest push to create an independent state. At least 400,000 people took part in the event on part in Catalonia’s national day. On Tuesday evening, a crowd walked slowly through the narrow streets around Sants, a neighborhood west of Barcelona, […]