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Spain sacks Catalan government after independence vote

Reuters | @@justearthnews | 28 Oct 2017

#Catalonia independence declaration   #Catalan administration   #Madrid government   #Prime minister mariano rajoy   #Carles puigdemont   #Political crisiscatalonia independence declaration   #Political crisis  

The Madrid government sacks Catalonia’s president and dismisses its parliament, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago. Samantha Vadas reports