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CBC news Canada, 3 minute clip in English and subtitled of Catalan President Puigdemont’s speech in Brussels: http://youtu.be/WErD2vLTm8E
The new Catalan president in exile web site – apparently still under construction: http://president.exili.eu/pres_gov/president/ca/
The Gürtel (Correa) corruption case that implicates Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy’s party (PP) is supposed to be ending on November 10th. Hopefully, Rajoy will go to jail and President Puigdemont back home.
The Catalan government couldn’t have chosen a worse time to do the referendum. Presidents and Prime Ministers should be removed from office during serious corruption investigations (e.g. Rajoy and Trump). PM Rajoy was using Catalonia to keep the PP corruption scandal out of the news.
“31-Oct-17 TV News: ‘Puigdemont calls on Europe to react from Brussels“:
31 October 2017 08:17 PM by ACN | Barcelona http://www.catalannews.com/news/item/31-oct-17-tv-news-puigdemont-calls-on-europe-to-react-from-brussels
Catalan President Puigdemont’s twitter, which links to the new Catalan president in exile web site and which includes a very short clip from his speech. He says that they will accept the December elections but asks will Spain? (After all, another pro-independence government may win).
Mining Awareness + 