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The Latest Breaking News from Francisco Franco

Spain’s conservative party fears defeat in its Galician heartland

Close-run race could see Ana Pontón installed as area’s first female and nationalist leader

The Guardian - UK

Why is the US far right finding its savior in Spanish dictator Francisco Franco?

The military general led a nationalist revolt against Spain’s democratic republic from 1936-1939, executing 150,000 of his opponents

The Guardian - US

Amid Israel’s onslaught of Gaza, Spain’s leader shows empathy for Palestine

Spain, which has long supported Palestine in the ongoing conflict, has upset Israel with its consistent condemnation.

Al Jazeera

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On her 18th birthday, Spain's Princess Leonor takes another step towards eventually becoming queen

The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, is to swear allegiance to the Constitution on her 18th birthday Tuesday, in a gala event that paves the way to her becoming queen when the time comes

The Independent UK

‘A triumph of freedom of expression’: censored art museum opens in Spain

Barcelona gallery will feature works on religion, politics and consumerism that have been denounced, removed or attacked

The Guardian - UK

‘No enemies to the right’: DeSantis ally hosts debate hedging white nationalism

Christopher Rufo’s Twitter space discussed conservatives cooperating with extremists ‘to destroy the power of the left’

The Guardian - US

Skyjackings, strikes and political strife: 50 years of Europe in photos, part one

The Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley and picture editor Guy Lane reflect on a half-century of upheaval

The Guardian - UK

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Spain strips deceased former Chilean President Pinochet of a Spanish military honor

Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Gen. Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honor bestowed on him more than 40 years ago by the country’s former dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco

The Independent UK

Barcelona’s Pride Festival Attracts Global Travelers Seeking LGBTQ+ Inclusivity

Barcelona's Pride Festival: A Colorful Celebration of LGBTQ+ Liberation

Zenger

Vox party’s hardline attitudes appear to have turned off Spanish voters

Party has been relegated to near-irrelevance as Spain bucks European trend of shift towards far right

The Guardian - UK

Specter of right-wing entering Spanish government fades after inconclusive national election

Spain's inconclusive national election has produced one result that will be greeted with relief in European capitals, which like Madrid firmly support the European Union

The Independent UK

David Pratt: Summer heat means unpredictable outcome for Spanish election

AMID sweltering heat, Spanish voters head to the polls today

The National (Scotland)

Spain conservatives entrust Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide

Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn't enter a political battle unless he has almost every chance of winning

The Independent UK

From left wing to far right, four candidates facing off in Spain’s snap election

Spain's elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist parties that are teaming up to form potential coalitions. Here is a glance at the four leaders of those parties.

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The Independent UK

Spain's election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here's a look at the leaders

Spain’s elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist parties that are teaming up to form potential coalitions

The Independent UK

Spain's early election could put the far right in power for the first time since Franco

A general election this Sunday could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right

The Guardian - UK

Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez gambled on a snap election. If he loses, the heirs of the age of Franco could be back in power for the first time in nearly 50 years

The Guardian - UK

Will Spain’s snap election usher in the far right – or can PM’s gamble pay off?

Pedro Sánchez is betting on galvanising leftwing voters to block the far right getting into government for first time since Franco

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Chicago Sun-Times

El Dr. Francisco Martínez, veterano de guerra y médico en Humboldt Park, fallece a los 105 años

Algunos pacientes pobres le pagaban al Dr. Martínez con el queso que habían recibido como prestaciones alimentarias federales.

The New Daily

Spain begins exhumation of 128 Franco civil war victims

Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the former mausoleum of General Franco.

The Guardian - UK

Exhumation of civil war dead from Spain’s Valley of Cuelgamuros begins

Scientists aim to analyse remains of 128 people recovered from basilica where thousands were buried

The Independent UK

Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of 128 Franco victims buried anonymously at mausoleum

Initial forensic work has begun to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco’s forces who are among tens of thousands of people buried anonymously in the Valle de Cuelgamuros mausoleum, formerly known as the Valle de los Caídos, or Valley of the Fallen

Chicago Sun-Times

Dr. Francisco Martinez, served in Spanish Civil War before becoming a doctor to Spanish-speaking residents in Humboldt Park, dies at 105

Some poor patients would pay Dr. Martinez in cheese they had received as federal food benefits.

Al Jazeera

Could far-right Vox party become Spain’s kingmaker in July vote?

Polls indicate that Spain’s ultraconservative party could become the kingmaker of the national government.

Reuters

Spain's political high roller Sanchez takes biggest gamble yet

Pedro Sanchez's reputation as a risk-taker precedes him but his announcement on Monday of a snap election, after a poll setback and as an EU presidency stint beckons, represents the Spanish prime minister's biggest political gamble yet.

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