September 20, 2017 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Pro-independence supporters block the way to a vehicle of the Spanish police Guardia Civil close

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September 20, 2017 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Pro-independence supporters block the way to a vehicle of the Spanish police Guardia Civil close to Catalan Foreign Affairs Ministry in Barcelona. Spain's Guardia Civil police had detained senior Catalan officials and raided regional government ministries involved in organising a independence vote. Catalan government had aimed to celebrate a referendum on independence, the Spanish government was frontally opposed to the referendum and considered it illegal.

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Keywords: barcelona, catalan, catalonia, conflict, crisis, democracy, europe, independence, independendce, politics, referendum, sececionist, spain, spanish, vote