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‘El Generalísimo’ Review: The Franco Legacy

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde—Gen. Franco to you and me; Caudillo de España, or chieftain of Spain, to his countrymen—died on Nov. 20, 1975. His death—of natural ...
Time

SPAIN: Edging Away from Franco

Spain’s aging Generalissimo Franco dressed up recently in his fanciest uniform and medals to pay a visit to his home region of Galicia on the occasion of the annual feast in La Coruña to the Virgin of ...
The New York Times

Francisco Franco

She was revered as an essential guardian of the country’s memory of war and repression long after the Franco dictatorship. By Adam Nossiter Una nueva ley de amnistía podría ser un remedio para la ...
Time

Farewell To Franco

Unlike his allies Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco survived World War II, retaining his dictatorial grip on Spain for another 30 years. Even when he died, he avoided the fate of his ...
WRAL

Plan to Exhume Franco Renews Spain’s Wrestle With History

SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain — After celebrating Mass last month, congregants here at the Valle de los Caídos basilica walked to the back of the altar to pay homage to Francisco Franco, the ...
AOL

50 Years After Franco’s Death, Spain Confronts Its Dark Past

Spanish military dictator General Francisco Franco on Aug. 27, 1937. Credit - Hulton Archive / Getty Images Standing in front of a banner that read “Spain at Liberty,” Sánchez announced 100 events ...
Reuters

Confronting its troubled past, Spain exhumes Franco

MADRID (Reuters) - Cries of "long live Franco!" accompanied the laurel wreath-draped coffin of General Francisco Franco on Thursday as Spain removed the remains of its former dictator from the state ...
The New York Times

Francisco Franco

Con la publicación de sus memorias, Juan Carlos I espera una reconsideración y una resurrección más de una década después de su tragicómica caída. By Jason Horowitz King Juan Carlos I of Spain ...