September 11, 2013
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Supporters of an independent Catalonia separate from the rest of Spain are braving rain as they gather in Barcelona and across the region for a rally supporting their cause.
Separatist organizers in favor of a new Catalan state hope hundreds of thousands of people will join hands Wednesday afternoon in a line stretching 400 kilometers (250 miles) across the bilingual northeastern region where Catalan and Spanish are both spoken.
The human chain is happening on a traditional regional holiday that last year saw over 1 million protest in Barcelona in the largest show of separatist sentiment since the 1970s. Catalonia's regional leader Artur Mas has promised to hold an independence referendum in 2014, but has been unable to get the Spanish government's approval.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Supporters of an independent Catalonia separate from the rest of Spain are braving rain as they gather in Barcelona and across the region for a rally supporting their cause.
Separatist organizers in favor of a new Catalan state hope hundreds of thousands of people will join hands Wednesday afternoon in a line stretching 400 kilometers (250 miles) across the bilingual northeastern region where Catalan and Spanish are both spoken.
The human chain is happening on a traditional regional holiday that last year saw over 1 million protest in Barcelona in the largest show of separatist sentiment since the 1970s. Catalonia's regional leader Artur Mas has promised to hold an independence referendum in 2014, but has been unable to get the Spanish government's approval.
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