Catalonia

Scott Gilmore: By Saturday afternoon, before the new Catalonian nation was even a day old, it was obvious it did not exist

Scott Gilmore in Barcelona: Spain has shown a near criminal lack of political dexterity in handling its Alberta-like separatists

Opinion: Crackdowns, like Spain’s assault on Catalan referendum voters, often produce exactly the change governments don’t want

Stephen Maher on how Madrid’s violent refusal to allow a Quebec style-referendum is pushing Catalans into the arms of the secessionists

The spectacle of police smashing ballot boxes and firing on protesters has done deep damage to Spain’s credibility