NPRCatalan Leader Triggers Showdown With Spain Over IndependenceNPRUpdated at 2:40 a.m. ET. Catalan President Charles Puigdemont, in a letter on Monday to Spain's prime minister, called for more dialogue over the status of the semi-autonomous region, but he failed to meet a demand from Madrid to clarify a declaration ...Catalonia: Leader Puigdemont fails to clarify independenceBBC NewsPuigdemont Defends Catalan Claim to IndependenceBloombergCatalan leader fails to spell out independence stance, calls for talksNasdaqCNBC -News24 -Financial Times -Aljazeera.comall 73 news articles »