Declassified documents in Spain lift shadow over former king Juan Carlos in 1981 coup
For more than four decades, Spain’s failed military coup of 1981 has cast a lingering cloud over the reputation of the former king, Juan Carlos...
Antonio Tejero
Spain’s 1981 coup leader Antonio Tejero dies aged 93, on same day files are declassified
Antonio Tejero Molina, the former Spanish Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed military coup of 23 February 1981, has died at the age...
Spain to release classified files on failed 1981 coup attempt
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Monday that it will declassify long-sealed documents linked to the failed 1981 coup attempt, a move Prime Minister Pedro...
Spain’s disgraced ex-king’s memoir spills secrets on Franco, extramarital affairs & accidentally killing his brother
Spain’s disgraced former monarch, Juan Carlos I, has revealed the moment dictator Francisco Franco personally summoned him to name him as his heir – a decision...
Spain marks 40 years since failed coup d’état, in absence of Juan Carlos I
Spain marked 40 years since a failed military coup on Tuesday, but without the presence of former king Juan Carlos I, whose intervention back in...
