El New York Times publica la editorial "Caos en Cataluña" firmada por todos los miembros de la editorial:
Chaos in Catalonia
The brutality of the Spanish police on Sunday in their mission to shut down the Catalan secession referendum succeeded mostly in deepening a political crisis. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had the law largely on his side, but Barcelona now has the television images and the solidarity and sympathy they generate, leaving the prime minister looking like an intransigent bully and rendering any possible political resolution of the conflict more remote.
The problem was complicated enough before Sunday’s violence. The Catalan regional government’s unilateral call for a secession referendum highlighted a notoriously knotty contradiction in global governance, that between the principle of self-determination and political unity. When empires were breaking up in the last century, it seemed self-evident to let former colonies and captive nations determine their own political destinies. But independence struggles and the rise of nationalism have been continuing sources of conflict since, in places as diverse as Chechnya, Kosovo, the Basque region, Darfur and Kurdistan. No rules govern the exact balance between people’s right to determine their political future and the maintenance of existing states and borders, but something of a consensus has developed against breaking up a state that is law abiding and respectful of human rights.Leer link para articulo completo.
Editorial Completa: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/opinion/catalonia-spain-secession.html
