That’s why they want to build a feminist republic. Spearheading this drive for a free and feminist Catalan state is the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (Popular Unity Candidacy), or CUP — an ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Catalonia’s regional leader was addressing parliament Tuesday in a highly anticipated session that could spell the birth of a new republic, marking a critical point in a ...

Rajoy spoke hours after the Catalan Parliament voted by 70 to 10 to “form the Catalan Republic as an independent and sovereign state.” The day’s dramatic and fast-moving events pushed Spain ...

Voters in the Spanish region of Catalonia have delivered a blow to Madrid by backing pro-independence parties in regional elections. Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont celebrated the ...

But it was an open question as to who was really in charge of the breakaway "Republic of Catalonia" in the hours after a divided Catalan Parliament declared independence. Catalonia’s ...

Catalonia's parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in defiance of the Madrid government, which at the same time was preparing to impose direct rule over the region. Although the ...

Spain’s monarch fled, and Macià proclaimed a Catalan Republic. For a full three days, Catalonia was a country. Negotiations began with the new provisional government in Madrid, and Catalonia ...

By 1932, the region's leaders had declared a Catalan Republic, and the Spanish government agreed on a state of autonomy. But when Gen. Francisco Franco came to power in 1939, those gains were lost.