Cartels target Acapulco’s classrooms for extortion schemes
Military posted outside schools after students and teachers refuse to attend classes
Government not ruling out further counter-terrorism measures
PM holds new round of talks with opposition to seek “maximum cooperation and unity”
Costa Rica’s hero against sex harassment dies from stab wounds
Cruz was attacked after he posted a video of man filming up a woman’s skirt
Ten souvenirs for sale at Valley of the Fallen, Franco’s grave in Madrid
Thimbles and paperweights sit incongruously on display above 33,833 dead bodies
Remnants of the Franco era
The dictatorship endures in some people's nostalgia for messianic solutions
Three babies die of whooping cough in Spain within two months
Agencies|Cuenca|
Death of two-and-a-half-month-old in Cuenca adds to cases in Seville and Málaga Another newborn has been admitted to hospital with disease in Toledo
Barcelona’s mysterious smell returns
City authorities increasingly puzzled over origins of foul stench that has invaded the city
What is left of Franco’s legacy?
The Francisco Franco National Foundation still honors the memory of the former dictator
Spain ready to support France by taking over Africa operations
A greater Spanish presence would free up French soldiers for action against ISIS in Syria Offer comes day before attackers take 170 hostages in hotel in Malian capital
Spain’s lawless towns
Thousands of small communities lack a police presence and live in constant fear of crime
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