Catalonia’s parliament voted for independence after an Oct. 1 referendum with about 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted choosing independence, according to Catalan officials.

Madrid has voted to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, as a crisis over the wealthy Spanish region’s independence bid deepens.

Catalonia’s pro-independence parties narrowly win most seats in another regional election. In December, Spain’s Constitutional Court rules that a pro-independence resolution from the Catalan ...

People display Catalonia independence flags during a gathering, Sept. 22, 2017, to protest the judicial and police operation against the planned October 1 independence referendum in Catalonia, Spain.

Why is Catalonia's vote happening now? Momentum has been building for several years. In 2014, the region held a symbolic, non-binding independence vote.

The talks seemed like the most realistic opportunity in some time for greater autonomy of the region, which voted for independence in a 2017 referendum that Spain considered illegal.

Catalonia's push for independence gained momentum during the country's financial crisis, said Neil Davidson, a political scientist at the University Glasgow who studies independence movements.

Authorities in Catalonia pledge they will hold a binding referendum Oct. 1 on whether the powerful region in Spain's northeast should break away from the rest of the country.

Spain Gives Catalonia A Deadline: Retract Independence Claim Or Else : The Two-Way Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given the region a few days to "clarify" if it's declaring independence.

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