The view from Madrid: anger and sadness as Catalans prepare for vote
(The Guardian Spain)

Beyond Catalonia, there are calls for Spanish unity and bitterness about claims that the northern region is footing the bill for the rest of the countryIt was chance that made Ana Luque Sillero a native of Madrid and her cousins Catalan. Their parents all left southern Spain decades ago in search of work and a better life for their children, but one couple found jobs in the capital and the others had more luck further north.No one imagined that the family might one day find themselves facing the possibility of living on different sides of an international border. Continue reading...