19th March 2024

Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory

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Spain rules Franco regime ‘illegal’ with new ‘Democratic Memory Law’

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The Spanish Congress has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory Law’ that declares illegal the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco and makes the central government
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New ‘Democratic Memory’ law will help find mass graves of the Franco regime

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The Spanish government has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory’ bill to tackle the legacy of Franco’s 1939-1975 dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War that preceded
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General Election focus: the Vox party

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Spain has its own version of the far-right and the populist turned mainstream, part of a wave that has been surging through Europe: Vox, a
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Catalan issue continues to set General Election agenda

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With two TV election debates on Monday and Tuesday this week, Catalonia continues to be a major issue for all parties running in the Spanish general election,
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656 municipalities ordered to remove Franco symbols

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Spain’s justice ministry has ordered more than 600 municipalities across the country to remove symbols honouring the dictatorship of Francisco Franco which are still on display
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Sánchez: Franco mausoleum cannot be ‘place of reconciliation’

AFP
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has ruled out transforming dictator Francisco Franco‘s controversial mausoleum into a place of reconciliation, going against suggestions by an expert commission