Last week marked 50 years since the death of Francisco Franco, the fascist dictator of Spain from the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 until his death in 1975. How does a democracy handle the ...

A new history and a memoir by the former King of Spain offer clues as to how a dictator with few qualities was able to remain ...

The fear that our past will divide us has returned. Franco, in death, lingers on, a ghost that haunts the living of Spain. In ...

The Spanish autocrat was a cruel man. But his country was not worse off for having him as its leader.

Irish News editorial on the then still very raw feelings about the Spanish Civil War following the death of the Spanish ...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wants the country to pay tribute to the victims of the fascist dictatorship, and learn from its ...

Spain marks the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with tributes, new memory laws and rising political tensions ...

Half a century has passed since Franco's dictatorship ended with his death, but some in Spain still valorise his rule.

In Spain, far-right parties such as Vox have reiterated their allegiance to the dictator Francisco Franco, who died 50 years ...

Today, the country is grappling with growing economic inequality, an acute housing crisis, and disenchantment with democracy itself ...

Fifty years ago, General Francisco Franco died in his bed at El Pardo Palace, outside Madrid, after more than a third of a ...