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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 [...]

CUP not to participate in the Catalan elections

Nine votes of difference have determined the short-term future for the CUP, meaning that the party will not participate in the next Catalan elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. The CUP is a left-wing pro-independence party born in 2000, based on historical independentist groups and social movements such as MDT, Endavant, or Maulets, [...]

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