From The New American
''Every September 11 the people of Catalonia, an independent region in northeast Spain, celebrate their “national day” — Diada —
by taking the day off and parading through the streets of Barcelona. In
past years the celebration was a festival used by some citizens as an
excuse to get some fresh air, make some noise, and have some fun. This
year, nearly one-quarter of
the region’s seven million citizens used the celebration as an excuse
to swarm into Barcelona to protest Spain’s austerity measures, which
have raised unemployment in Catalonia — referred to locally as Catalan —
to nearly 25 percent.''
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