NOW that hostilities are over in Spain, General Francisco Franco's troubles are just beginning. It is easier to run a country in war than in peace. In war everything is subordinated to the single goal ...

For 36 years General Francisco Franco, whose remains are to be exhumed on Thursday, ruled Spain with an iron fist during one of Europe's longest dictatorships. He assumed power after Spain's 1936-39 ...

On the fiftieth anniversary of Franco’s death, the influence of his dictatorship still lingers in Spain. As the country’s far right feeds on nostalgia for its fascist past, is its democracy coming ...

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 ...

PATERNA, Spain, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Exhumations are set to end at one of Spain's largest mass grave sites holding thousands of victims of General Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship after the ...

Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts ...

Fifty years after Francisco Franco’s death, Spain is still reckoning with the legacy of dictatorship. Few places are more iconic of its struggle over identity than Franco’s hometown of Ferrol. Fifty ...

What was one of Europe's longest-running dictatorships comes under scrutiny on Friday as a victim of alleged torture by the forces of General Francisco Franco testifies for the first time in a Spanish ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will on Thursday remove the remains of Francisco Franco from the state mausoleum where he lies buried, as the Socialist government seeks to end decades of controversy over the ...

Fifty years after the death of General Francisco Franco, thousands of monuments, plaques and street names honouring the dictator remain in place across Spain -- a legacy some believe has lingered far ...

At 62 General Francisco Franco is in good health, but his influential religious mentors, who take a long view of history, worry about his succession. Seven years ago they persuaded Franco to ...

Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts ...