Around 60,000 people gathered in Barcelona to march in support of Catalan independence, according to the Guardia Urbana, the city’s municipal police force, the lowest number since 2012. The holiday marks the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish War of Succession in 1714 and has become the date for huge rallies by the region’s secessionist movement. But this year’s march drew half of the 115,000 people who took part in Barcelona last year. And it was a far cry from the 1.8 million people who took part in the Diada in 2014 amid an atmosphere of unity. The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and other pr…
