Barcelona, Spain (CNN) Spain dismissed Catalonia's president and Cabinet and dissolved its Parliament on Friday hours after lawmakers in the region voted overwhelmingly to declare independence. Supporters of independence gather outside the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona. Those measures are "not against Catalonia but aiming to stop Catalonia being abused," he said. What's threatening Catalonia is not Article 155 but the behavior of the government of Catalonia." "Catalonia is an integral part of Spain, and the United States supports the Spanish government's constitutional measures to keep Spain strong and united," US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.

Source: CNN October 27, 2017 08:54 UTC