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‘10 Minutes of Terror’

Baby Killed by Giant Hailstone in Freak Storm

“There was chaos, with little boys and girls running around alone,” said a witness of the brutal storm in Catalonia.

Allison Quinn

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CHAOS

Catalan Separatists Clash With Police, Injuring at Least 14

At least six people were arrested in connection with the violence.

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SECOND WIND

New Catalan Government Vows Renewed Independence Bid

Madrid’s seven-month direct rule of the region ended Saturday with the swearing-in of a new government.

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VAMOS

Still-Secret Spain: 9 Fairy-Tale Towns Off the Tourist Track

For unspoiled nature, centuries-old architecture, and guaranteed tranquility, hole up in one of these postcard-perfect villages.

Benjamin Kemper

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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO

Catalans Vote to... Continue the Confusion

Thursday’s election, called by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in late October to put an end to the Catalan crisis, has only deepened it.

Gregory Beals

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DÉJA VU

‘Rule or Ruin’: From the Confederacy to Catalonia

While Catalonia is not defending slavery, just like the South it wants to defend its economic and political dominance and will use the language of the oppressed to do so.

Christopher Dickey

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The Catalan President: A Small-Town Boy Who Could Destroy Europe
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The Small-Town Boy Who Could Destroy Europe

Carles Puigdemont’s father says, ‘Independence is in our blood.’ His uncle remembers he was always ‘stubborn as a mule,’ and says proudly he’ll probably be thrown in jail.

Gregory Beals

The Catalan Crisis for Dummies (as Seen From Madrid)
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CATALUNACY

The Catalan Crisis for Dummies

The Catalan government has systematically silenced more than half of Catalan society—the non-independentistas—and has imposed a unilateral path toward secession.

Itxu Díaz

The Catalan Government Declares Catalonia Not Quite Independent
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Catalan Government Declares Catalonia Not Quite Independent

The region’s President Carles Puigdemont backed away from an outright declaration that Catalonia would become a breakaway state of its own. But the crisis is far from over.

Gregory Beals

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AFTERSHOCKS

On a Wave of Anger, Spain's Richest Region Moves to Secede

After the stunning violence of Spanish police trying to stop an unconstitutional referendum on independence on Sunday, Catalan separatist politicians have seized the initiative.

Gregory Beals

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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO

Spanish Police Violence in Barcelona Shocks Europe

The Catalan health ministry counts more than 800 people injured while trying to vote in the independence referendum that Spain's supreme court had declared illegal.

Gregory Beals

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