Cervantes and Columbus swept up in Catalan separatist push

Catalan separatists, preparing for a key vote this weekend, are bringing all the big guns they can muster into the campaign, with some even claiming the likes of iconic explorer Christopher Columbus and "Don Quixote" author Miguel de Cervantes as their own. This reinterpretation -- which makes mainstream historians smile -- comes ahead of Catalonia's regional elections on Sunday, which the nationalists are framing as an indirect vote on independence. Jordi Bilbeny, founder of the New History Ins