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March 29, 2022

Protests Erupt in Madrid After Spain Drops Support for Sahrawi Self-Determination 
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In Spain, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Foreign Affairs
Ministry in Madrid Saturday to protest the Spanish government's recent
announcement it no longer supports self-determination for the
Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.

Fatu Abahai: "All Sahrawis in Spain have come here to demonstrate
against the decision taken by Pedro Sánchez, which is once again
betraying the Sahara. We feel betrayed because he said that he'd give
sovereignty over the Sahrawi territory to the Moroccans, and we do not
feel equal to them. We are Sahrawi, and we are the ones who decide our
rights."

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Morocco Monday, where
he's meeting with the kingdom's foreign minister.


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