Fifty years after the death of General Francisco Franco, thousands of monuments, plaques and street names honouring the ...

The Spanish government on Thursday returned seven paintings to the descendants of an ex-Madrid mayor who lost them fleeing ...

The late dictator Francisco Franco desperately wanted to project an image of Spain to the world as modern and open while maintaining iron-fisted control at home. His idea: to win the annual Eurovision ...

Hundreds of thousands died or disappeared during Spain's civil war and Franco’s subsequent 36-year dictatorship United Nations has called for Spain to overturn a 1977 amnesty law that pardons ...

Kay Two and his associate Francisco Franco. The Ohlone were the caretakers of this beautiful land before the European settlers arrived. This mural is to honor and remember their history.

Many on the left in Spain are convinced that it began in 1936 with General Francisco Franco’s overthrow of the republic, launching the Spanish Civil War. These clashing worldviews remain a source of ...

In 1936, as Spain descended into a bloody civil war, the left-wing Republican side put out an international call for help.They were fighting against the right-wing Nationalists, who were led by the ...

As for international politics, Almodóvar reflected on being raised in Spain under fascist ruler Francisco Franco — a time of great restriction that gave way to an era of liberation that ...

Almodóvar brought up his experiences growing up in Spain under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, crediting the shift to democracy with his growth as a director. “It is impossible to explain ...

Growing up under fascism under Francisco Franco, Almodóvar said that movies provided a form of escapism. As the country embraced democratic ideals in the late ’70s and early ’80s, he had the ...