Over the past two weeks, two very different nations—Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia—have taken steps toward declaring themselves independent states. Both have been met with hostility by the ...

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Spain already is another country for many in Catalonia . Originally published September 10, 2017 at 2:08 am Updated September 10, 2017 at 2:32 am . Share story. By . JOSEPH WILSON.

Madrid has voted to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, as a crisis over the wealthy Spanish region’s independence bid deepens.

Catalonia’s parliament voted for independence after an Oct. 1 referendum with about 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted choosing independence, according to Catalan officials.

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With the Basque Country and Catalonia going their different ways, the Spanish government has avoided the nightmare of a joint independence front between the two wealthy regions. The northern ...

“Catalonia can carry on as a country because we have a big powerful economy with its tourism, industry and innovations,” said Gloria, a 63-year-old unemployed woman who declined to give her surname.

When he leaves Catalonia to visit other parts of the country, it seems like crossing a national frontier. “We tell each other: ‘I have to go to Spain tomorrow’,” he says.