Social policy has been an important part of Francoist ideology since the early years of the regime. However, it was only in the 1960s, when the social security system in Spain appeared. During this time, the country experienced high economic growth, which allowed the Franco regime to increase...
Related to Francisco Franco: Spanish Civil WarFranco, Francisco Franco, Francisco (fränthēsˈkō frängˈkō), 1892–1975, Spanish general and caudillo [leader]. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco. During the next 10 years he ...
Last month marked the 45thanniversary of the death ofFrancisco Franco, Western Europe’s last dictator. Afterwards Spain finally transitioned into a democratic state; something it had tried when it elected a new government in 1931. During the “Second Republic”, Spaniards deposedKing Alfonso XIIIa...
In this part, we talk about Francisco Franco's journey into kernel development and his opinion on the changes Android has undergone over the years. I'm Adam Conway here on XDA to interview Francisco Franco, developer of the Franco Kernel! Do you want to introduce yourself? Sure, my name i...
Two years later, he was also named director of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, a position he would hold until three years later when political changes in Spain would temporarily halt Franco’s steady rise. Major Unrest and Power Shifts In April 1931, general elections led to the ou...
Gianna Franco reports on an accident on the eastbound Bay Bridge impacting traffic Friday morning. May 24, 2024 00:34 Injury crash on eastbound Bay Bridge snarls traffic out of San Francisco A severe traffic alert was issued Friday morning on the eastbound Bay Bridge after an injury accident in...
Despite this support the United Nations remained very anti-Franco, sponsoring a trade boycott in the 1940s, which led to Spain’s ‘years of hunger’ – but then, in 1953, he negotiated with the USA to allow them to have four large bases in Spain as part of their anti-communism campaig...
Taking bleak despair to a whole other level is Franco Berardi, aka “Bifo.” Writing now on Substack he posted his “Endgame” on November 9 (I rearranged the order of these paragraphs): Despite being, country by country, on the brink of civil war, Western and supremacist peoples are uni...
The Heron LegacyLeona Francombe The ancient Ardennes Forest holds more than just the beauty of nature for Charles Fontaine. When he returns to this land of sinuous rivers and lonely ridges to sell his ancestral domain, he stumbles upon a twelfth-century legend woven into the complex tapestry of...
For many, Real Madrid still bring back the memories of the Franco years when phrases like ‘Franco’s pet team’ were quite popular among the oppressed population. The dictator, however, was not the keenest football fan one is likely to encounter in Spain. The oppressive measures of the Gen...