File photo of Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont. Photo: Pau Barrena/AFP Both parties were standing firm. “The government is not giving us any option other than defending the civil liberties of citizens through the best institutional instruments,” Catalan vice president Ori ol Junqueres told Spanish television on Wednesday. Sp  ain’s justice minister Rafael Catalá insisted … Continue reading Final deadline looms in Spain-Catalonia standoff