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 ...

At the vast monument in the mountains north of Madrid where the dictator Francisco Franco was once buried, a long, orderly queue is forming. Standing beneath the 150m stone cross that crowns this ...

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.

The relocation of the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco will turn the mausoleum into a memorial for the victims of the Spanish civil war Spain's government passed a decree on Friday to ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Edvin Francisco Franco had to leave behind his new wife and baby earlier this year for a months-long deployment to Lithuania. Now, his family in Georgia and in California is ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during an event launching a yearlong commemoration of 50 years of democracy since Franco’s death, in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 8, 2025 (Europa Press photo ...

Pope Francis passed away today, and though Catholic priests are not allowed to marry nor have children, he is survived by ...