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Thousands of people take to the streets of Barcelona as Spanish police detain 13 Catalan government officials in a crackdown ahead of an independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid. IMAGES
Barcelona, Oct 1 (EFE) .- Barcelona marked Friday the fourth anniversary of the Catalonia independence referendum with a pro-independence protest called by the Committees for the Defense of the Republic (CDRs).The demonstration began around 7.00 p.m. local time in Plaça Fransesc Macià in Barcelona and marched through the streets of the city without any major incident for the time being, although demonstrators were followed by several vans of the Mossos, the Catalonia police force, in case of possible quarrel. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH CATALONIAN BANNERS AND FLAGS DEMONSTRATE ON THE STREETS OF BARCELONA TO MARK THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IN BARCELONA, SPAIN.
Santiago de Chile, Sep 11 (EFE) .- Chile commemorated on Friday the 47th anniversary of the coup d'état of Sep. 11, 1973 in homage to the overthrown leader Salvador Allende, on a day marked by protests and references to the historic plebiscite for a new constitution to be held in October.The commemoration of this date, which has always divided Chileans, was held this year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the greatest social crisis since the return to democracy in 1990, which calls for massive marches after five months of hiatus during lockdown. (Camera: JOSE CAVIEDES)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PROTESTS IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE.
Violent clashes erupt between police and protesters who are blocking access to Barcelona airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine of their leaders to heavy jail terms over the failed 2017 independence bid. IMAGES
The Catalan government commemorates the first anniversary of Catalonia's banned independence referendum which triggered a major political crisis in Spain. IMAGES
Thousands of people, many carrying Catalan separatist flags, are demonstrating in Barcelona on Sunday after German police arrested Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. IMAGES
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