Spain's PM Vows to Fight Catalan Independence

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is promising to use "all political and legal means" to stop the Catalan region's efforts to become an independent republic. In a nationally televised speech Tuesday, Rajoy called Catalonia's independence desires "an act of provocation." "As long as I am the head of the government, Spain will remain a nation of free and equal citizens," he said. "This proposal, in case it is approved by Catalonia's...

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