Catalonia’s technology startups are optimistic for the future
Oct02
On Sunday, the people of Catalonia, in Spain’s eastern reaches, were asked a question: Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic? Over 2.2 million people cast their ballots, and nearly 92 percent of votes were in favor of independence. Spain’s government, which is loath to see its territorial integrity undermined, responded by calling the referendum illegitimate. That came after it closed polling stations, seized ballot boxes, blocked referendum websites, and arrested pro-independence leaders. Spanish police attack and pepper spray peaceful civilians who were guarding ballot box in a town hall in #Catalonia.…
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