so will josep back down? reporter: mayor josep companys is having a hard time these days.s his village being forcibly ruled by the spanish government, or is the community part of the free republic of catalonia? the residents of santa pau -- a mountain village in rural catalonia -- want to know. almost everyone here voted in favor of independence in the controversial referendum, and they haven't changed their position. josep: i would like for the new catalan republic to be socially and politically sound. a republic established by its citizens, the regular people, from the ground up. reporter: it's been a long time since the spanish flag has flown above the town hall in santa pau. the local council still considers ousted regional leader carles puigdemont their head of government. it doesn't matter if he's abroad or appearing before a spanish court. proponents of independence continue to adhere to different laws. josep: of 900 towns in catalonia, more than 700 mayors are refusing to comply with spanish government orders. we will face the consequences. i could be removed from

the mayor, josep andreu, is a resolute separatist. >> we've been nurturing our entrepreneurial spirit since the industrial revolution. let us go our own way. then we'll see, within two or three years we'll have become one of europe's leading economic hubs. narrator: machinery dealer pedro navarro doesn't agree. he believes too much is at stake. not just the future of his own company, but his identity, too. >> it's painful. my parents came here to work 50 years ago. everything i am, i owe to them, and to all the andalusians who came to catalonia to help build it. narrator: as far as olive farmer pep andreu is concerned, people like pedro aren't real catalans. especially if they don't support the separatist movement. he's convinced that catalonia needs to become independent. >> it has to happen now. or it will take another 300 years. my sons and grandsons wouldn't live to see it. narrator: it can't all be for nothing, says pep andreu -- the demonstrations, the referendum and the fight for a catalan , republic, independent of the kingdom of spain. michelle: but at what cost? a resolution

independence, such as the village of santa pau, where almost all the residents, including the mayor, josep

luis: otros como josep piensan en quÉ prenda comprarle a la novia para la cena. de los dÍas festivos. nuestro dÍa de gracias es una aÑoranza reflejada nuestra comida, colmada de sabores que distingue nuestra cultura. explÍqueme lo que se come en dÍa. >> el tradicional pavo, pollo al horno, pernil, guandules. luis: y mucho mÁs, es que aunque nuestros paÍses no se celebra, aquÍ lo moldeamos a nuestra cultura, con buenos deseos del corazÓn. >> arriba el dÍa de acciÓn de gracias, uno tiene que estar agradecido todos los dÍas por un dÍa para estar en familia con los seres queridos, dando gracias. ♪ no me arrepiento, quiero enamorarme ♪ luis: luis gÓmez, univisión. ilia: puerto rico celebra el dÍa de acciÓn de gracias pese la devastaciÓn del huracÁn marÍa. miles de puertorriqueÑos todavÍa siguen sufriendo los efecos causados por el mortÍfero ciclÓn que azotó la isla hace dos meses. miles han abandonado el paÍs. los que se quedan no tienen energÍa elÉctrica ni agua potable. pese a las difÍciles circunstancias, muchas familias aseguran estar esperanzados en un futuro mej