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As Spain marks half a century since the death of General Francisco Franco this week, a significant number of young people now view the brutal Spanish dictator in a positive light. Far from reviling ...

A Spanish judge heard evidence Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country's late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups said was the first case of its kind to be accepted for ...

The Spanish government on Thursday returned seven paintings to the descendants of an ex-Madrid mayor who lost them fleeing Francisco Franco's uprising as the country grapples with the dictator's ...

The remains of right-wing dictator General Francisco Franco can be exhumed, Spain’s Supreme court ruled Tuesday, resolving an issue that has divided opinion for decades. A long-awaited ruling gives ...

“Franco burned Gernika… but Franco, for me, was Spain’s saviour from everything.” Rafael Madariaga is talking about the bombing of the northern Spanish town of Gernika on April 26, 1937, during the ...

She was revered as an essential guardian of the country’s memory of war and repression long after the Franco dictatorship. By Adam Nossiter Ángeles Flórez Peón was 17 when she braved mortar and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Zaya Rustamova, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the run-up to the 50th ...

The Spanish Civil War began 90 years ago this year, and the conflict has been largely forgotten in Britain.

Ángeles Flórez Peón, who left her job as a young seamstress to join leftist guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War and — after her capture and decades in self-exile — returned to Spain as one of the last ...