Lleida, just an hour from Barcelona, is known for its historic sites, local cuisine, wine and olive oil, making it a charming ...

The erosion of the Catalan language began long before 1939, when the dictator Francisco Franco banned the teaching of Catalan after the Spanish civil war. At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip ...

BARCELONA — The day of Catalonia’s contested referendum on independence turned into a brutal show of strength, sometimes turning violent, between the central government in Madrid and separatist ...

SAN RAFAEL DEL RIO, Spain — The river that runs through San Rafael del Rio, a quiet rural town with a population of just over 500, provides a natural boundary between the Spanish regions of Catalonia ...

MADRID — What a difference a half decade can make — at least in Catalonia. On October 1, 2017, the region’s nationalists staged a referendum on secession, their boldest move since the return to ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s worst political crisis in decades showed few signs of abating Friday after Catalan separatist parties clinched a parliamentary majority in an exceptional election called by ...

The movement is "starting to retake positions,” a separatist told ABC News. LONDON -- When an independence referendum was held in Catalonia on Oct. 1, 2017, some citizens in Spain saw an illegal ...

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