As historic turning-points go, it was squalid. On November 20th 1975 Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain for almost 40 years, was declared dead, his body already rotting. That eventually ushered ...

Spain celebrates transition to democracy after dictator's death Fascist Francisco Franco died 50 years ago Sanchez warns against resurgence of far right in Europe Opposition resists government's ...

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 ...

Franco died in 1975, aged 82, after ruling Spain for nearly four decades. The first free elections were held in 1977 and a new constitution passed by referendum in 1978. "Let's celebrate that in ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday presided over the first in a year-long series of events to mark 50 years since the death of dictator Francisco Franco ...

Sanchez warns against resurgence of far right in Europe. Pedro Sanchez earlier attacked billionaire Elon Musk for interfering in European politics, accusing him of undermining democracy.

The Spanish government is preparing for a year of events to mark half a century since the death of the dictator Francisco Franco ... to be a democrat.” Franco died in bed in November 1975 ...

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco's death, laying bare the ...

Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war ... who would take over when he died? He wanted a successor who would carry on his vision of Spain as a deeply conservative Catholic ...