epa04453326 People attend a gathering to support independence referendum, at the Catalonia Square in Barcelona, Spain, 19 October 2014. The gathering was led by the National Assembly of Catalonia and Cultural Omnium to support an independence referendum planned on 09 November. Catalan leader Artur Mas said on 14 October that he had canceled the independence referendum and that the Spanish region would instead hold an alternative vote on the same date to determine the level of support for secession. The referendum had previously been suspended by Spain’s Constitutional Court after the government contested it. EPA/TONI GARRIGA
