Spotlight: ‘When you attack Franco, you attack over half of Spain’
Luis Alfonso de Borbon, the great-grandson of Franco, is leading opposition to Spain’s bid to remove the dictator’s remains from an opulent mausoleum where they
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PP and Cs abstain in vote to condemn Franco
The Spanish Senate condemned the period of the Franco dictatorship on Wednesday, but members of the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs) abstained. The two big
Barcelona to revoke medal awarded to Franco
Barcelona City Council is to revoke a medal awarded to the late dictator Francisco Franco in 1964, that marked 25 years since the victory of
Spain approves exhumation of Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid.
Puigdemont asks Sánchez for ‘specific proposals’
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont says that Pedro Sánchez becoming the Spanish Prime Minister is a new ‘opportunity’ for dialogue between the Catalan and Spanish
Franco exhumation: Spain passes decree
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) government passed a decree on Friday allowing the exhumation of the remains of Franco from his vast mausoleum, a decision that divides
Rush to visit Franco’s tomb before remains moved
‘Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It’s morbid curiosity,’ says Antonio Nevado, one of thousands of Spaniards who have
