Spain scraps 33 titles handed out by dictator Franco to family and aides
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain abolished 33 aristocratic titles handed out by dictator Francisco Franco and his successor to loyal lieutenants and family on Friday as a new “Democratic Memory” law took effect. The measure affects two of Franco’s grandchildren, as well as the descendants of several of his top generals, ministers and other high-ranking officials. A […]
Families of victims of Franco regime welcome new Spanish law
Madrid, SpainReuters Flor Baena has spent decades trying to clear the name of her brother Jose Humberto, who was one of the last five people executed under General Francisco Franco’s fascist regime just two months before the dictator’s death in 1975. But on Thursday, the leftist government’s Democratic Memory law tackling the legacy of the […]