Franco ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975, after he and other officers led a military insurrection against the Spanish democratic government in 1936, a move that started a three-year civil war.

Franco kept a tight grip on power until his death in 1975, after which Spain made a transition to democracy Read more on Franco's legacy: Battle to strip Franco family of dictator's summer palace ...

Francisco Franco, Spain's fascist dictator, who died in 1975, being exhumed from his purpose-built mausoleum, the Valley of the Fallen. His remains are being transferred to the crypt in ...

Spain Plans To Remove Franco's Remains From A Memorial, Angering His Supporters More than four decades after his death, the dictator Francisco Franco remains a divisive figure.

But Spain's failure to come to terms with Franco's legacy has meant that many Spaniards remain in a seemingly interminable battle with the memory of the dictator.

BARCELONA, Spain — The family of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco will take charge of his remains after Spain’s government has them exhumed from a mausoleum, his relatives said Saturday.

On a mountain 28 miles northwest of Madrid last week assembled the flower of Franco Spain—Cabinet ministers, generals, admirals, all of the nation's four cardinals, 37 of its bishops, six ...

As Spain prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator Francisco Franco's death and the return of democracy, fascism is returning around the world. It's proof, as philosopher Walter Benjamin ...

SPAIN (See Cover) The end of the Franco era in Spain is near. Just how near no one can say, for the dictator has proved himself immensely durable. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since El ...

Franco emerged from the civil war as the leader of a nationalist faction that sought to re-establish Spain’s constitutional monarchy. But instead of restoring the king, Franco installed himself ...