The removal of the dictator’s remains from a basilica near Madrid, weeks before a national election in Spain, was denounced by some for stirring painful memories.
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Spain Is Exhuming Franco After Long and Bitter Battle
The removal of the dictator’s remains from a basilica near Madrid, weeks before a national election, was denounced by some for stirring painful memories.
About to Exhume Franco, Spain Faces 33,000 Others Buried With Him
At the Valley of the Fallen, enemies and allies alike were buried near Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco, whose remains are about to be moved.
Spanish Court Approves Franco’s Exhumation
The ruling follows a yearlong judicial battle between the caretaker Socialist government and the dictator’s family.
Franco’s Exhumation Is Delayed by Spanish Court
The Supreme Court put the government’s plan on hold indefinitely to give his relatives more time to pursue their appeal.
The Frugal Leftist Who Shook Up Madrid
At 75, Mayor Manuela Carmena of Madrid, known as “grandmother,” has confounded doomsayers by almost halving the city’s debt in four years.
Madrid Dispatch: A Bar for Spain’s Radical Right, Run by a Chinese Immigrant
Franco died in 1975, but the dictator’s spirit lives on for a new generation at Bar Oliva in Madrid.
The Saturday Profile: This Old Basque Soldier Expected to Die 80 Years Ago
Condemned to death during the Spanish Civil War, José Moreno recently turned 100. He is recognized as the last Basque veteran of the conflict.