Spain's prime minister threatens direct rule if Catalonia presses independence bid
by By Lauren Frayer and Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Oct 11, 2017
2 minutes
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday issued a blistering denunciation of Catalonia's regional independence referendum Oct. 1 and raised the threat of Madrid imposing direct rule on the northeast region.
The Spanish leader's stinging rebuke, delivered at a somber session of the national parliament, marked a deepening of Spain's worst political crisis in decades. It
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