Spains Catalonia Calls Off Independence Vote — For Now Spains wealthy Catalonia region on Tuesday called off an independence vote that was scheduled for November. However, an unofficial poll will take place next month to gauge secessionist sentiment. Catalonias leader, Artur Mas, was forced to cancel the Nov. 9 referendum and replace it with a symbolic one on the same day after Spains government challenged the referendum in the countrys Constitutional Court, which suspended the vote while it deliberates. See also: After Scotland, Catalonia Pushes Vote for Independence From Spain Separatists in northeastern Catalonia, which has 7.5 million people, have been trying for several years to hold a breakaway vote from Spain to carve out a new Mediterranean nation. Many supporters rallied in Scotland in September when the country was holding its own referendum to secede from the United Kingdom Read more... More about Europe, Spain, Us World, World, and Referendum Mashable The Associated Press October 14, 2014 at 01:12PM
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