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SPAIN’S foreign minister signalled a concession yesterday to Catalan separatists as a pro-independence union staged a general strike in the region.
Alfonso Dastis told the BBC that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government was considering changing the constitution to permit currently-banned regional independence referendums.
“We have created a committee in parliament to explore the possibility of amending the constitution to be able to accommodate better the aspirations of some of the Catalan people,” he said.
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago today November 20. JIM JUMP looks back at his blood-soaked rule and toxic legacy on Spain today
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
We must remember Morocco’s land grab of the Sahrawi people’s territory continues with French and British support, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG, looking into the origins of the annexation
