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The events organized in Barcelona on the occasion of the Diada culminate in the demonstration that runs through the streets of the city during the afternoon of Wednesday and starts at 17:14, in reference to 1714, the year of the defeat in the war of succession.

During the morning, the president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra ; the vice president, Pere Aragonès; Several Governors and a high and large representation of ERC and Junts per Catalunya have attended an event in which an alleged lack of freedoms in Spain has been denounced and which has become a plea in favor of the imprisoned Catalan politicians. The mayor, Ada Colau, and representatives of Podemos have endorsed the act. Here we will tell you what happens during the demonstration.

5:00 p.m.

The protesters, many of them with "estelades" and dressed in the turquoise blue shirt that the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) has put up for sale for the occasion, are concentrated in the Plaza Espanya and its surroundings.

Leaders of all Catalan independence forces, including the president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra , have joined the event, but not the commons of Ada Colau , who this year have preferred not to attend the ANC demonstration and yes to act in support of prisoners organized by Òmnium Cultural this noon, reports Efe.

4:54 p.m.

The leader of the PNV, Andoni Ortúzar, has claimed on Wednesday to the Supreme Court "a kind sentence" for the prisoners of the process, which allows "to recover wounds"

4:49 p.m.

Thousands of protesters have begun to fill the 26 sections of the demonstration from 3 pm on Wednesday. The latest figures offered by the organization on Wednesday indicate that they have 450,000 registered , with 1,300 full buses that will go to Barcelona from different parts of Catalonia and have sold 240,000 shirts , reports Europa Press.

4:43 p.m.

The eighth manifestation of the Diada since the beginning of the process starts marked by the internal fracture of the independence parties. This year, the ANC has expelled separatist formations from the head of the march. Quim Torra, the rest of JxCat and the CUP will demonstrate in the second row, while ERC will do so in section 12, reports Víctor Mondelo .

4:30 p.m.

An hour before the beginning of the demonstration dozens of people are already concentrated on the stretch of Gran Vía, as seen in the image of Antonio Moreno

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