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Hundreds in Spain mark Franco's death

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:33:05 GMT

Madrid – Hundreds of far-right supporters from across Europe, many making stiff-armed salutes, gathered Sunday in Madrid to mark the 34th anniversary of the death of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco.
Source: Expatica

20-N 2009 Convocadas 22 misas fascistas en honor al terrorista Francisco Franco

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:28 GMT

'We were all against apartheid'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:49 GMT

But in the evening of his life, Rich knew it was time to tell his side of the story and he took Ammann into his confidence.
Source: Independent Online

Franco's general turned aide to king

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:00:43 GMT

SABINO FERNANDEZ CAMPO: SABINO FERNÁNDEZ Campo, the count of Latores, who has died aged 91, was a Spanish army general who, following a successful military career, served in the government of the Spanish dictator Gen Francisco Franco.
Source: Irish Times

José Luis López Vázquez obituary

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:25:42 GMT

López as a widower being visited by his neighbour’s daughter (Lolita Merino) in No Es Bueno Que el Hombre Esté Solo, 1973 Photograph: EFE The Spanish actor José Luis López Vázquez, who has died aged 87, was so much a part of Spanish cinema for six...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Alberto Oliart to take over at Spain's RTVE

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:53 GMT

MADRID -- Luis Fernandez has ankled halfway through his term as head of pubcaster Radio Television Espanola and will be replaced by 81-year-old Alberto Oliart, a former Defense Minister from the 1980s.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Spain to uncover past in 'Valley of the Fallen'

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:22:52 GMT

Spain's parliament recently voted to identify thousands of dead from the Spanish civil war of the 1930s. Their remains are in the same tomb as former dictator Francisco Franco.
Source: Southern California Public Radio

From A Loft With A View: America's Fifth Column

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:26:45 GMT

Some attribute the term “fifth column” with a remark General Francisco Franco made as he was marching on Madrid with four columns of troops, and a “fifth column” of sympathizers within the city ready to help.
Source: Town Hall

Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, who fled into exile during dictatorship, dies aged 103

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:27:23 GMT

Ayala won many prestigious prizes in Spain, from the Cervantes award - considered the Spanish-language equivalent of the Nobel for literature - in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998.
Source: Macleans.ca

Quoted in 'Netanyahu disappointed in 'inciting' Turkish TV'

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:31:39 GMT

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in Ynetnews:

The slaughter of six million Jews will never be forgotten. Any form of anti-Semitism is contemptible and unacceptable. Anti-Semitism was prevalent in Spain when it was under the rule of the dictator Francisco Franco, who spoke of a secret coalition of Jews and freemasons. Modern Spain remembers the Holocaust and sympathizes with the suffering of the Jewish people

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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The last Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's equestrian statue is loaded on a truck after being dismantled on December 18, 2008 in the northern Spanish city of Santander. Franco's statue was erected in 1964.

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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

People attend the dismantling process of the last Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's equestrian statue on December 18, 2008 in the northern Spanish city of Santander. Franco's statue was erected in 1964.