Tag: Francisco Franco

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Spain exhuming Civil War remains and returning them to their families towns

  

  A team of experts in Spain has begun work to exhume the bodies of more than 100 civil war victims from a huge basilica complex near Madrid, where dictator Francisco Franco once lay.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Statue of Franco removed from the African enclave of Melilla

  

  Spanish dictator Francisco Franco no longer “guards” the city gates of Melilla, a Spanish enclave and autonomous city on the northwest African coast. Without much fanfare, a group of workmen operated a mechanical digger and heavy drills to chip away at the brick platform on which the statue stood, lifted it off by a chain around its neck, and carted it away in bubble wrap on a pickup truck.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Spanish government takes over Franco's summer palace and its art collection

  

  The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist government's efforts to erase the legacy of his rule.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Barça withdraws medals awarded to Franco in 1951, 1971, and 1974

  

  Barcelona's football club members have voted overwhelmingly to withdraw medals awarded to Francisco Franco, finally ending the much-maligned distinctions the Catalan club granted to Spain's dictator.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Francisco Franco's remains to be removed from the “Valley of the Fallen”

  

  Spain's government passed a decree on Friday to smooth the way for the relocation of the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco with the aim of turning his mausoleum into a memorial for the victims of the Spanish civil war.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 23:25 UTC

  Paraguayan Senate prepares to oust President Lugo on Friday appealing to an impeachment process

  

  The Paraguayan Senate has summoned President Fernando Lugo for Friday midday to commence the political impeachment process which was voted almost unanimously in the Lower House (76 to 1) and will decide on his future.