Spain clears way for separatist leader to return to Catalonia

By CARLOS BARRAGÁN The Spanish Supreme Court has canceled an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader who fled the country in 2017 and had been living in Belgium, allowing him to return to Catalonia. The decision, which the court announced Tuesday afternoon, paves the way for Puigdemont to benefit from an amnesty law passed by parliament in 2024. The decision came hours after Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Supreme Court must apply the amnesty law in…

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