Half a Million March in Massive Uprising Against Spanish Plan to Overtake Catalonia
NOVANEWS
By Julie Conley
Catalonians march in opposition to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's announcement that he will move to take control of the nation through invoking Article 155 of the Spanish constitution in Barcelona, Spain, on October 21, 2017. (Photo: Fotomovimiento)
Catalans did not take the news that Spanish Prime Minister will move to impose direct rule on their region quietly on Saturday. Nearly half a million people marched in Barcelona soon after the prime minister's press conference.
Carles Puigdemont, president of Catalonia, joined the demonstration before a planned speech responding to Mariano Rajoy's statement that pending the approval of the senate, which his party controls, he would remove the Catalan government from power and call for a special election ...