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The real Catalonia

“This is not the real Catalonia” is one the most recurrent arguments used by pro-Spanish Catalan politicians when they attempt to denigrate any kind of pro-Catalan event. We have come to a point, though, where this argument is so weak that it actually sounds funny. Following up last week’s massive demonstration where more than one [...]

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Barcelona brought to standstill by massive demonstration

Last Saturday, 1.5 million people (1.1 million according to the police) gathered in Barcelona in what was the first massive demonstration in favour of the independence of Catalonia. Using the slogan “We are a nation, we decide”, the rally brought the centre of Barcelona to a standstill, and for almost two [...]

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Referendums in the metropolitan area

The referendums on the independence of Catalonia have reached the metropolitan area, the theoretically worse possible scenario, situated at the heart of the pro – PSOE network of influence and made up of large numbers of Catalans who came from Spain during the 60s and 70s.

The turnout average was 14%, but in places where the [...]

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Rosell will succeed Laporta

Yesterday Sandro Rosell was elected as the man who will lead FC Barcelona for the next 6 years. Sandro, 46-year-old and former Barça vice-president (he stepped down in 2005 after falling out with Laporta) won the presidential elections by a landslide, obtaining 61% of the votes and thus starting off as a very strong president.

He will take over [...]

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Good bye, Spain?

Since the broadcasting of the brilliant TV report by Dolors Genovès entitled Adéu, Espanya? (Good bye, Spain?) some people have kept on complaining and grumbling about. The problem is not that they want Catalonia to remain part of Spain (an opinion completely respectable as long as it is defended only by democratic means), it’s that [...]

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Valencian government finally accepts Catalan and Valencian are the same language

After about thirty court sentences declaring that Catalan and Valencian are the same language, the Valencian Government has -implicitly- accepted it. In Valencia, the Partido Popular has long been playing meanly with the linguistic issue, trying to gain politic support among the “blaverisme” movement while depicting Catalans (and thus the Catalan language) as a menace [...]

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