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CATALONIA, home to the popular tourist city of Barcelona, is clamoring for nothing less than independence from Spain. A popular referendum held not long ago in Catalonia, to the tremendous displeasure of and no-nonsense attempts at stoppage by the Spanish national authorities, yielded an overwhelming result in favor of independence. In the days since, both sides of the Catalonian independence debate have been engaged in political brinkmanship, with huge popular protests and harsh police actions as shocking backdrops as the world watches.