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‘Violent, racist, authoritarian’: Acclaimed British historian reminds Spain who Franco really was amid surge in popularity for the dictator

FIFTY years ago this week, Francisco Franco died and Spain’s transition to democracy finally began. But half a century on from his death, is the spectre of Spain’s diminutive dictator coming back to haunt its modern political arena? That may…

Spain grants citizenship to 170 descendants of International Brigade volunteers who fought Franco

THE Spanish government has announced that up to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigade will receive citizenship in recognition of their ancestors’ fight against the fascism of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. During the Spanish Civil War, an estimated 35,000…