After the arrest last night in Madrid of independent leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, the left wing of the secessionist front, the Cup, has proposed a general strike in Catalonia "indefinitely" today.
"Dialogue is now impossible," said Cup Executive Mireia Boya, saying that at this point "one could only speak of an international mediation." "There are conditions, he said, to proclaim the Republic."
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