Texas lawmakers cracked down on a pro-Palestinian art exhibit. There was a better answer
A group of Texas lawmakers cracked down on a pro-Palestinian art installation at the University of North Texas. The exhibit ...
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Julián Casanova, historian: ‘The good things Franco did were done by democracies without torture or death sentences’
The professor of contemporary history has published a new biography of the dictator, a solid portrait that covers everything ...
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A Museum Worthy of Spain’s Democratic Transition
Twentieth-century Spain could boast of world-leading artists from Salvador Dalí to Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. Yet paradoxically, the country often lagged behind its neighbors with regard to the ...
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UN recommends Spain to overturn 1977 amnesty law that ‘forgets’ Franco’s era crimes
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 ...
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Franco’s victims’ families recover remains from mass grave 85 years on
Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has ...
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Francisco Franco
Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish Society.
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Remembering Franco — and the dangers of fascism — 50 years later
Españoles, Franco ha muerto.” With that announcement, in 1975, the people of Spain learned that Francisco Franco, the general-turned-dictator, had died. He’d been at the helm of an authoritarian ...
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Trump Cabinet Officials Embrace Far-Right Influencer Who Has Praised Fascists
As examples of those who successfully fought against “unhumans,” they cited Francisco Franco, Spain’s fascist tyrant, and Augusto Pinochet, Chile’s fascist despot. These two men each led a ...