United Nations has called for Spain to overturn a 1977 amnesty law that pardons crimes committed during the 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. Hundreds of thousands of people died ...

Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing ...

Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war ... At 33, Franco was the youngest general in all of Europe. During the Civil War he built his image as a military leader; before ...

The burial place of Spain's fascist dictator General Francisco Franco has been the subject of fierce debate for decades. But the final chapter in this long saga is approaching. The government says ...

The far-right Vox party had argued against removing the statue The last statue of General Francisco Franco on Spanish soil has been removed, after the tiny enclave of Melilla voted to take down ...

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, with a warning that the far ...

The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist government's ...

The Spanish government is preparing for a year of events to mark half a century since the death of the dictator Francisco Franco ... government of “taking General Franco out for a walk ...

Spain's leftist government on Tuesday escalated a spat with the conservative opposition over its plans to commemorate 50 years since the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco. The general's ...

Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco's ... The general overthrew a democratic ...