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Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and the future king of Spain Juan Carlos preside over a military procession – source: Wikipedia ETA and the Basque ProblemOne of the biggest problems the regime faced was from the armed terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna [Eng. Basque Homeland and Freedom],...
Its ambition counters the pledge by the ruling Socialists to remove Franco’s remains from a huge, publicly maintained mausoleum near Madrid so they no longer attract nationalists celebrating the dictator as a hero. “Depending on who wins, logically there would be a change. If the right wins...
It would be Spain’s first coalition government since the return of democracy following the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in 1975. Recommended Videos As expected, Sánchez fell short Sunday, receiving only 166 votes, below the 176 votes needed to reach the required absolute majority...
Falange, extreme nationalist political group founded in Spain in 1933 by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the former dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera. Influenced by Italian fascism, the Falange joined forces (February 1934) with a like-minded group,
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, marqués de Estella was the eldest son of the dictator General Miguel Primo de Rivera and the founder of the Spanish fascist party, the Falange. After a university education and military service, Primo de Rivera began a car
was all but forgotten in world affairs, save for the three years that the ideologically charged Spanish Civil War (1936–39) put the country at the centre of the world’s stage, only to become ever more insular and withdrawn during the four decades of rule by dictator Francisco Franco. Fol...
Miguel Primo de Rivera was a general and statesman who, as dictator of Spain from September 1923 to January 1930, founded an authoritarian and nationalistic regime that attempted to unify the nation around the motto “Country, Religion, Monarchy.” Thoug
The Spanish economy is reeling as a result of theglobal depression, and Alfonso forces Primo de Rivera’s resignation; the physically brokendictatordies less than two months later. The monarchy has become too closely associated with the excesses of the dictatorship, and Republican sentiment has grow...