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MADRID (Reuters) - Opponents of Catalonia's secession from Spain staged a counter-protest on Saturday in Barcelona after a week of protests calling for an end to separatism, calling for an end to violence and chaos.
Albert Ribera, head of the Spanish Citizens' Party, said the Spanish government was not doing enough to end the chaos that followed the sentencing of nine leaders demanding secession.
Ribera spoke of the harassment of Spaniards as a result of the sit-ins, saying people could not take their children to school or open their shops and we want a Spanish government that protects the vulnerable.
Around 200 people were injured in violent clashes between pro-Catalan separatists and Spanish police yesterday in several parts of the region.
The province of Catalonia in November 2017 a referendum on secession from Spain, supported by according to officials from the region 90 percent of the participants, which prompted the central authorities in Spain to dismiss the separatist government of the region.
