Francisco Franco died, an event which propelled Spain into democracy and modernity. There are plenty of myths about what the ...

Madrid — Spain has exhumed the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid and flown them by helicopter for reburial in a small family crypt ...

MOIA, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish artist Eugenio Merino and a U.S. art collective used a lifelike replica of Spanish dictator ...

Franco supporters hold pre-constitutional flags outside Mingorrubio cemetery after Franco was buried in a Pantheon inside on October 24, 2019 in El Pardo neighborhood, in Madrid, Spain.

The remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco have been exhumed in a controversial move that has divided opinion in Spain for decades.

More than four decades after his death, the dictator Francisco Franco remains a divisive figure. His tomb is situated at a memorial outside Madrid that has become a pilgrimage site of sorts.

A dark and painful part of Spain's history will be brought back under the spotlight Thursday when the remains of Francisco Franco are exhumed from a landmark basilica in the hills near Madrid. The ...

On a quiet morning at the foot of the imposing mausoleum where the remains of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco lie, a lone man lifted a red and yellow flag high above his head.

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 ...

In 1971, four years before the death of Francisco Franco, President Richard Nixon sent a high-level envoy to Madrid to suss out what might happen to Spain after its long-lived dictator was gone ...