If "Yes" wins, the regional government plans to declare independence within 48 hours. If "No" wins, an early election would be called to form a new regional government.
A new round in a long game of chicken began earlier this month, after Catalonia’s president, Carles Puigdemont, announced an independence referendum on Oct. 1.
Manchester City manager tells crowd of 40,000 at rally in Barcelona ‘we have no other option but to vote’
Puigdemont: "Democracy unites us all beyond our legitimate and healthy discrepancies"
Catalans feel that their collective affairs are being run by Madrid without regard for their needs and often against their vital interests...
Officials in the state want to hold a referendum later this year
More than two thirds of the citizens of Catalonia have for a long time been calling for a referendum to decide their future as a country
La Generalitat vol possibilitar l'exercici dels drets dels catalans i catalanes residents fora del país
