The 1978 Constitution may to some have looked like a doorway to home-rule and solidarity. Yet a closer look makes one wonder if it wasn’t more of a long-term ploy to obstruct a National status for Catalonia.

In the flat, green heart of the Mekong Delta, known as Kampuchea-Krom (កម្ពុជាក្រោម) in the Khmer language, a quiet yet powerful struggle endures.