South American Organizations in Support of Catalonia's Independence #news #eu #usa #politics

"The people of Catalonia have the right to regain their independence
through a democratic process, there is no other way." This is how
Carles R. Capdevila speaks, who is the president of Casal dels Països
Catalans in Argentina, one thirty organizations that have signed a
manifesto in support of the Catalan Declaration of Sovereignty and the
Catalan independence process.


In the document, Catalan-American communities from South America,
Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean defined "the building of a
legal frame" as the primary goal for the Catalan Government and
Parliament so as to be able to have a binding referendum with a clear
question which would be supervised by the international community.


The document, which has been signed by about 30 organizations,
appeals to citizens to cooperate actively in "the process towards
independence" and in the campaign to broaden and strengthen the social
majority in favor of independence. "It is time to reach to every
single corner of the country and the world," the document reads, and
it proposes a referendum for not later than 2014.

The declaration confirms the failure in all the attempts to provide
Catalonia with its own political space within the Spanish State,
especially during the last 30 years as a Spanish autonomy, and
emphasizes that the ruling by the Spanish Constitutional Court against
Catalonia's Statue of Autonomy leaves two possible choices: either
Catalonia disappears as a nation, or it begins the process towards
independence. Besides, the September 11, 2012 demonstration is
regarded as the beginning of the last stage towards Catalan
independence.

The document also remarks the willingness of these international
Catalan communities to continue working in explaining the Catalan case
to their local governments, institutions, and different entities.

In this sense, Mr. Capdevila points out the importance of these
international Catalan communities as "spokespeople" for the Catalan
cause. For instance, in Buenos Aires, Mr. Capdevila remarks, all the
media reported about the September 11 demonstration, but after that,
the main Argentinian newspapers have mostly sided against Catalonia's
independence because of the "close ties with the Spanish motherland."
That is why Capdevila considers that one of the main duties of Casal
dels Països Catalans is to keep explaining to the world about
Catalonia's plight through articles, commentaries, conferences,
networking, and through exchanges with the press.

http://www.helpcatalonia.cat/2013/02/south-american-organizations-in-support.html

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