Resumen

FERNANDEZ-CARRION, Miguel-Héctor. Catalonia hurts me. Vectores investig. [online]. 2017, vol.12-13, n.12-13, pp.213-258. ISSN 2255-3371.

Every Spaniard and Catalan which does not support secession experiences with deep grief the purported division unilaterally imposed to Spain; many compatriots residing in the country as well as abroad are attending to the situation as mere astonished spectators, scandalised for the manipulation of the information that internationally is being carried out by Catalan separatist groups through videos, twitter, news releases and demonstrations. This kind of manipulation affects directly the observers’ emotions, that that has been called “post-truth”, because it is not the truth, not even of the aggressor party: favourable to the independence, which currently count with around the 48% of the population, has forced to illegal polling in the Catalan Parliament to initiate the secessionist process, currently stranded.

Palabras llave : Catalonia; Spain; politics; Secessionism.