At mass grave exhumation, daughter of Spanish Civil War victim seeks closure
Colmenar Viejo, Spain Reuters Benita Navacerrada is a 91-year-old Spanish woman with a yearning to know where her father was buried more than 80 years ago. She hopes the answer will lie in an exhumation outside Madrid of the remains of more than 100 people who were executed by forces of late dictator Francisco Franco […]
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 […]