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2 weeks ago

'Franco did it': Five quirky ways the dictator shaped modern Spain

Franco felt obliged to make a gesture of some sort during the Second World War. In an act of solidarity with Nazi Germany, he agreed to put Spain's clocks forward by an hour.
Europe news
fromwww.thelocal.es
3 weeks ago

Inside Spain: Kicking Franco's head and a ban on splitting the bill

The experimental "Ex Abrupto" art festival pitted two teams against each other for a self-styled "anti-fascist fixture" using a hyper-realistic replica of Franco's head as the ball.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

It's really crude': concern over mix of misogyny and Franco nostalgia among Spanish teens

Moreno observed a shift in young men's drawings of masculinity, noting a troubling embrace of far-right political symbols and themes in their representations.
Right-wing politics
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

Julian Casanova, historian: The good things Franco did were done by democracies without torture or death sentences'

History must be understood through deep investigation, free from notions of good and evil.
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