Overwhelming “yes” in referendum vote on regionalist statute project, ratified the following year by the Cortes. »

Once more last week Catalonians went to the polls and voted their desire for independence from Madrid. In the four Catalonian provinces (Barcelona, Lerida, Tarragona, Gerona) 173,000 voted for autonomy, 2,517 voted against it. It was a 70 to 1 victory for Col. Francisco Macia, wild-eyed “President” of Catalonia, a victory that he celebrated with [...] »