MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's interior minister is facing calls to resign after leaked recordings linked him to an alleged smear campaign against political rivals in Catalonia, just four days before voters go to the polls for a repeat national election.
Online news outlet Publico on Tuesday published taped conversations between Jorge Fernandez Diaz and the head of Catalonia's anti-fraud office which appear to show him asking for information to discredit the region's largest pro-independence parties.
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