Unlike his allies Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco survived World War II, retaining his dictatorial grip on Spain for another 30 years. Even when he died, he avoided the fate of his ...

In 2026, the United States is being ruled by an administration led by a wannabe dictator named Trump. His ego seems to dominate his decisions, while his paranoia encourages him to surround himself ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A protester holds a banner with pictures of people who went missing during the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco. John ...

MADRID, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Spain's leftist government paid homage on Friday to victims of the country's civil war and the ensuing four-decade rule of General Francisco Franco, ahead of the 50th ...

Fifty years after Francisco Franco’s death, Spain is still reckoning with the legacy of dictatorship. Few places are more iconic of its struggle over identity than Franco’s hometown of Ferrol. Fifty ...

Generalissimo Francisco Franco struck a blow last week for Germany. By word and action, as surely as if he had ordered his troops to fire, he compelled the Allies to divert men, equipment and energy ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will on Thursday remove the remains of Francisco Franco from the state mausoleum where he lies buried, as the Socialist government seeks to end decades of controversy over the ...

NOW that hostilities are over in Spain, General Francisco Franco's troubles are just beginning. It is easier to run a country in war than in peace. In war everything is subordinated to the single goal ...

But half a century later, we are entering a different reality. Francoism is now, if anything, not a persistent past, but a future of which we are beginning to notice the first signs. The great history ...