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And maybe is not a bad thing if it goes that way. Every nation/region with its own voice, if we have a real European UNION there is no problem at all.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/478749...id-government/

Looks like she is keeping abreast of the independence movement.

Eat, Drink and stay tuned

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or I might risk being left out in the cold again and possibly suffering hypothermia.
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Exile or Custody for Catalan's leaders?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spain-see...072812554.html

A Spanish judge has stepped hard on the independence movement.

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Relatively Silent Protest

https://www.rt.com/in-motion/409618-...led-officials/

An interesting read is to read about Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway did a short documentary

https://youtu.be/MT8q6VAyTi8

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RIP José Manuel Maza

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/w...y-general.html

"Spain’s attorney general, José Manuel Maza, who was leading the prosecution of the separatist Catalan leaders, died on Saturday while in Argentina to attend an international law conference."

Cause of death said to be kidney infection. Strange he died in Argentina?

IMHO there are good honest men on both sides of the Catalan issue. This man, the honorable Sr Maza, was doing his best to abide by the laws of his country in the face of much adversity. The separatists, some in prison, are following the hearts and minds of many people who want to separate from Spain.

There is a parallel here with the divisions among the Sunni, Shiites and Kurds of Iraq. In general and sometimes albeit temporarily, the Sunni control the north, the Shiites control the south and the Kurds control their ancestral lands. Armies come in and alter the boundaries, but the divisions remain in place.

This separatists movement in Catalan will persist. Catalan like the "oil fields" of Iraq - represents much wealth.
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