Raphael Minder

New York Times

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Raphael Minder is a Barcelona-based correspondent for the New York Times and author of The Struggle for Catalonia: Rebel Politics in Spain.

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Photo by  Josep Renalias  
 Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rahoy today took the first tentative step toward imposing administrative control over the would-be breakaway region of…

Spain and Catalonia spar over Separatism

Photo by Josep Renalias Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rahoy today took the first tentative step toward imposing administrative control over the would-be breakaway region of…

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