Spain's central government set to impose direct rule in bid to halt Catalonia's independence push
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Oct 27, 2017
2 minutes
BARCELONA, Spain - Dueling dramas unfolded Friday in Madrid and Barcelona over the Catalonia secession crisis, with Spain's Senate set to approve direct rule over the restive region and protesters outside the Catalan parliament urging lawmakers to declare independence.
A vote by the upper chamber of Spain's parliament to strip Catalonia of its autonomous powers would be unprecedented in the country's nearly four decades of
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