Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia's capital Barcelona on Sunday to express their opposition to any declaration of independence from Spain Evgeny Kuznetsov Jersey , showing how divided the region is on the issue.


The protesters rallied in central Barcelona, waving Spanish and Catalan flags and banners saying "Catalonia is Spain" and "Together we are stronger," as politicians on both sides hardened their positions in the country's worst political crisis for decades.


Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday he would not rule out removing Catalonia's government and calling a fresh local election if it claimed independence, as well as suspending the region's existing autonomous status.


The stark warning came days before Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is expected to address the region's parliament T. J. Oshie Jersey , on Tuesday, when he could unilaterally declare independence.


"We feel both Catalan and Spanish," Araceli Ponze, 72 Nicklas Backstrom Jersey , said as she rallied in Barcelona. "We are facing a tremendous unknown. We will see what happens this week but we have to speak out very loudly so they know what we want."


The northeastern region of 7.5 million people held an independence referendum on October 1 in defiance of a Spanish court ban.


More than 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted backed secession, according to Catalan officials.


But that turnout represented only 43 percent of the region's 5.3 million eligible voters as many opponents of independence stayed away.


The Spanish government sent thousands of national police into the region to prevent the vote. About 900 people were injured when officers fired rubber bullets and charged crowds with truncheons in scenes that shocked Spain and the world, and dramatically escalated the dispute. Losing Catalonia is almost unthinkable for the Spanish government.


It would deprive Spain of about 16 percent of its people, a fifth of its economic output and more than a quarter of its exports.


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HARARE, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday accused some unnamed officials in his ruling ZANU-PF party of trying to trigger economic havoc as a ploy to effect regime change and oust him.


Mugabe said the recent price increases of some basic commodities and manipulation of currencies on the market was meant to incite people to rise up against the government.


"There are those who are manipulating the currency so they can trigger inflation and cause panic buying. Those people are saboteurs and they are amongst us, they are like Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. They are among us and let us expose and shame them," Mugabe said while burying Maria Msika Washington Capitals T-Shirts , the widow of former Vice President Joseph Msika at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.


Mugabe said the people pushing for economic chaos wanted to push him out of power but he vowed that he was not going anywhere as yet.


He said he was put into the position by people and it will be the people again who will choose his successor when he decides to step down.


"I did not take the position by force. When the time comes, the people will choose who they want to succeed me but for now I am fully and firmly still in charge," Mugabe said.


His party is battling intense infighting by factions vying to succeed him even though the veteran leader has been endorsed by his party as its presidential candidate in next year's polls when he will be 94.


In recent days, Zimbabwe has witnessed a spate of price increases of some basic commodities Washington Capitals Hoodie , with retailers citing foreign currency shortages.


Social media rumors at the weekend claiming imminent shortages of basic goods also fueled panic buying and hoarding of basic goods and fuel by consumers and motorists, prompting government to issue a stern warning to people abusing social media to spread alarm and despondency in the country.


Mugabe said the "saboteurs" will not succeed in their plans to cause economic havoc as government was closely watching and monitoring the situation.


The Zimbabwean government introduced bond notes in November 2016 as a way to alleviate cash shortages in the economy but the surrogate currency which was officially pegged at par with the U.S. dollar has been gradually losing its value to the greenback on the parallel market.


The government recently secured a 600 million U.S. dollars forex stabilization facility from Afreximbank and has reassured the nation that there will be no shortages of goods due to foreign currency shortages.


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TEHRAN Customized Capitals Jersey , Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Rouhani proposed cabinet members for his second term, with small changes in the reshuffle, Iran's state TV said Tuesday.


According to a list of 17 nominees Rouhani submitted to parliament, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Washington Capitals Jersey , Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh and Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi will retain their posts, the state TV said.


Acting defense minister, Gen. Amir Hatami, is expected to officially take over that portfolio while a nominee for science minister has not been announced yet.


Parliament is to vote next week on the Cabinet. The 68-year-old Rouhani was sworn into office on Saturday.


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