At 33, Franco was the youngest general in all of Europe. During the Civil War he built his image as a military leader; before long, he was named “Generalissimo”—a general among generals.
The far-right Vox party had argued against removing the statue The last statue of General Francisco Franco on Spanish soil has been removed, after the tiny enclave of Melilla voted to take down ...
The burial place of Spain's fascist dictator General Francisco Franco has been the subject of fierce debate for decades. But the final chapter in this long saga is approaching. The government says ...
Hundreds of thousands died or disappeared during Spain's civil war and Franco’s subsequent 36-year dictatorship United Nations has called for Spain to overturn a 1977 amnesty law that pardons ...
Increasingly open in its defense of the dictatorship, Vox claimed "freedom of thought" and "to speak well of General Franco." As for King Felipe VI, he was detained at the presentation of ...
Rays shortstop Wander Franco will have to check in monthly with Dominican Republic court officials while awaiting a hearing as the result of his latest legal issue, a judge ruled Wednesday. Franco, 23 ...