Ciaran Giles, Author at Valley News

Holding Spanish flags, demonstrators confront Catalan police as they are prevented from moving forward during a march against the unilateral declaration of independence approved earlier by the Catalan parliament in downtown Barcelona Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalan lawmakers voted Friday to secede from Spain, shortly before Spain's Senate approved a request by the central government to take direct control of Catalonia's affairs.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spanish PM Cracks Down On Catalonia

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, and Ciaran Giles Associated PressOctober 28, 2017

Barcelona, Spain — In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament on Friday after a defiant Catalan declaration of independence that flouted the country’s…