Catalan Parliament Votes To Declare Independence From Spain, Madrid Imposes Direct Rule

Catalonia’s parliament has passed a motion to establish a new republic independent of Spain, which responded by revoking the region’s powers.Hundreds of people reacted with jubilation outside the regional parliament in Barcelona on Friday but Spain moved quickly in its uncompromising respond to efforts to break away.Within a half an hour of the vote, Spain’s Senate met and voted to remove the region’s autonomy and subject it to direct rule from Madrid.The independenc