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Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

I kept a shotgun next to the bed': when a Racing Santander duo stood up to Franco

Two Racing Santander players staged a subtle anti-Franco protest with bootlace 'armbands', faced police reprisals and legal threats, and formed a lifelong bond.
fromwww.london-unattached.com
2 months ago

Carmen English National Opera at the Coliseum

Bizet's opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera L'amour est un oiseau rebelle etched into the public's consciousness. The gritty story combines groundbreaking operatic verismo' within the structural framework of the French Opera-Comique', while being infused with the spirit of the Zarzuela, the Spanish musical theatre that helped define the country's national identity.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The financial scandal that rocked Franco's Spain and ended with a suicide in Lausanne

Georges Laurent Rivara orchestrated large-scale capital flight from Franco's Spain, culminating in a 1958 scandal and his likely 1962 suicide in Lausanne.
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