Catalans Worry About Future as Tensions With Madrid Continue
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- By Zlatica Hoke
Protesters in Catalonia have demonstrated for and against independence. Thursday, both sides gathered outside Barcelona over the deployment of national troops in the region. Spanish authorities have sent thousands of police and Civil Guard to Catalonia to block moves for independence. Spain's Constitutional Court has ordered a suspension of Catalonia's parliamentary session next week, in which regional leaders plan to vote for a unilateral declaration of independence. VOA's Zlatica Hoke reports.