Titanic anti-independence protest in Barcelona
Monday, October 9, 2017 @ 9:02 PM
A MASSIVE protest against Catalunya independence took over Barcelona last night (Sunday) and was said to be the biggest in the city's history.
Around a million people – the equivalent of two-thirds of Barcelona's population – filled the Vía Laietana en route to the Avenida Marqués de Argentera from the Plaza Urquinaona, and was joined by high-ranking members of the right-wing PP, the left-wing socialists (PSOE) and centre-right Ciudadanos at all levels from city council to regional government.
Despite its sheer size, the demonstration was peaceful – at least, in terms of no trouble occurring, if not in volume – and took on a carnival atmosphere with music and dance.
Reports claim Peruvian Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa – now resident in Spain ahead of his imminent marriage to socialite and model Isabel Preysler, ex-wife of Julio Iglesias – was near the front of the throng.
A gigantic banner reading 'Enough already! Let's get sensible again' (¡Basta! Recuperemos la sensatez) was carried at the head of the march, and smaller ones borne by protesters read: 'I'm Spanish', 'Puigdemont in prison', and 'Long live Spain, long live Catalunya and long live the Guardia Civil'.
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