DEMOCRACY!
(USAToday) - The president of Spain's Catalonia region mounted a serious challenge to the Spanish state early Saturday when he signed a decree calling for a referendum on independence.
Catalan President Artur Mas wants to hold the vote on Nov. 9 and the move comes just a week after Scotland voted against breaking away from the United Kingdom.
"Like all the nations of the world, Catalonia has the right to decide its political future," said Mas. "We want to vote and we want to decide and now we have to means to do so."
However, unlike the recent independence vote in Scotland, which was backed by the U.K.'s central government in London, Catalonia's vote would not be legally binding and it does not have the support of the Spanish government in Madrid.
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Chechnya also comes to mind with its never ending struggle for independence from Russia. Let's hope Catalonia makes the right choice.
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