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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 ...
The Spectator Australia

The diminutive dictator who ruled Spain with an iron fist

General Franco died on 20 November 1975, and with the 50th anniversary just passed, this biography – the first ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...