Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish Society.

MADRID — One of the surest ways for a foreigner to make Spaniards bristle is to mention Francisco Franco while discussing current affairs.

PATERNA, Spain - Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 ...

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco's death, laying bare the ...

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 ...

Know more • As Spain prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator Francisco Franco's death and the return of democracy, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a year-long program of events ...

Remembering Franco's death was "positive" because today's Spain "does not keep in mind the importance of recovering a democratic system in 1977 and being able to consolidate it", he said.

Paint was daubed on this statue in Madrid commemorating the founder of Spain's ruling Socialist ... and transfer of the remains of General Francisco Franco, overseen by today's Socialist ...

The half that came of age and worked under the shadow of Francisco ... Franco’s greatest contribution to contemporary art came in a perverse manner. In 1936, he led troops against Spain ...