[HIGHLIGHTS] The 'illegal' referendum of the Madrid neighborhood that became independent as a Kingdom 30 years before Catalonia (and that had a Constitution, currency and borders)

The 'illegal' referendum of the Madrid neighborhood that became independent as a Kingdom 30 years before Catalonia (and that had a Constitution, currency and borders). Not even Berlanga dared to cook an appetizer with such very Spanish ingredients: an angry neighborhood against the mayor - always until victory -, a trip to Cuba with expenses paid and every comfort to meet Commander Fidel Castro.

"Fidel was ill," Ángel Torres explains. "He was one of the leaders of the revolution"