Spain’s deputy prime minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, will take over the Catalan administration from Madrid. Mr. Puigdemont, speaking from the Catalan capital, Barcelona, insisted that Mr. Rajoy was removing a democratically elected government. Photo“These are decisions contrary to the will expressed by the citizens of our country at the ballot boxes,” he said. “We are resisting xenophobia,” one man said into a microphone, before shouting: “Long live Catalonia, long live the king, long live Spain.”The crowd chanted: “Don’t lie to us, Catalonia. I’m crying for my Spain.”Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box.

Source: New York Times October 28, 2017 14:29 UTC