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Alghero, Sep 25 (EFE).- The President of the Catalan Government, Pere Aragonès, assured Saturday that "the repression of the Spanish State continues" and that "amnesty is more necessary than ever ", after meeting in the Italian town of Alghero with former president Carles Puigdemont.Puigdemont was arrested Thursday in Alghero by an order from the Spanish Supreme Court, although he was released from jail Friday. (Camera: ALVARO PADILLA).SHOT LIST: THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA, PERE ARAGONÈS, WALK WITH THE FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT, CARLES PUIGDEMONT, THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL POPULAR FOLKLORE FESTIVAL, IN ALGHERO, ITALY.
Five recently released Catalan separatists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. Catalonia's bid to break away from Spain in 2017 provoked one of the worst political crises there since the end of Francisco Franco's military dictatorship in 1975. Leaders of the wealthy Spanish region, which has a population of 7.8 million people, defied a government ban to organise an independence referendum. IMAGES
Axed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont meets with Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent in Brussels. IMAGES
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During his visit to Brussels for a summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Brazilian President Lula meets Belgian King Philippe. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).