Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia vowed Tuesday to defy both
the central government and the country's highest court and proceed with a
much-disputed weekend vote on whether to secede from Spain.
Hours
earlier, Spain's Constitutional Court ordered Catalonia to freeze its
plans for an independence vote, scheduled for Sunday. It was the second
time the court issued an order siding with Madrid, which considers any
Catalan independence vote illegal.
But Catalan leaders said they would not back down.
Pro-independence
Catalans in Barcelona, Spain, display placards in September
representing a ballot box and the date of the vote "9N," for Nov. 9.
(Lluis Gene / AFP/Getty Images)
