Thousands in Barcelona rally against independence for Catalonia
by Meg Bernhard and Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Oct 29, 2017
3 minutes
BARCELONA, Spain - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain poured into the streets of Barcelona Sunday, a sharp rebuke to secessionists who two days earlier declared independence.
Spain's central government, calling the independence drive illegal and unconstitutional, has fired Catalonia's secessionist leaders, dissolved its Parliament and called new elections to take place in December.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy invoked a constitutional provision known as Article 155 that gives the central government the authority
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