 Spain takes charge of Catalonia, makes Deputy PM its head
After firing Catalonia's regional government and dissolving its Parliament, Spain has handed the region's control to the country's Deputy PM Soraya SantamarÃ­a. This comes following Catalonia's declaration of independence from Spain. The crisis began after Catalan leaders held an independence referendum in defiance of a ruling by the Spanish Constitutional Court which had declared the bid illegal.n