Francisco Franco

Among voters of the mainstream conservative Popular Party (PP), more people believe the dictatorship was ‘good’ than ‘bad.’ And 61% of far-right Vox voters believe the democratic system is worse or much worse than Francoism ever was

Historian Enrique Faes uncovers a case hidden in the archives for 60 years: a real-life detective tale involving tax evasion, secret codes and a Swiss bank employee who sought out wealthy clients in post-war Spain

The former partner of a conservative strategist in the US through whom she met Donald Trump, the 25-year-old gained visibility at the demonstration organized by Tommy Robinson. ‘It would be an honor to get involved in politics’

A handful of letters scattered in archives in Castellón, Paris, New York, and California reveal the existence of an intricate machinery that provided aid to intellectuals interned in French concentration camps

EL PAÍS features the stories of three American families who arrived in the European country this year, in the face of the US’ downward spiral and the loss of freedoms: ‘Things are getting ugly’

‘The real deception lay in the impossibility of paying for the return ticket,’ says Natalia Ortiz, a researcher of these expeditions that provided domestic service for Australian families

Washington is preparing to authorize major investments by its companies in the former Spanish colony, where Morocco claims sovereignty despite its UN status as a non-self-governing territory

The Princeton professor, author of ‘Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary,’ reflects on human diversity and the ideological impositions that simplify the variety of genes, gonads and genitals

On July 25, the fall of Mussolini’s regime is commemorated with ‘pastasciutta antifascista,’ a dish that was considered an enemy by the dictatorship

The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the present

A Bolivian diplomat who translated ‘Mein Kampf’ brought up the Spanish dictator’s origins with the Third Reich. ‘Further inquiries will be made in this direction,’ says a document found by historian Marc Navarro

The movement to which the Nobel laureate belonged promoted the hyperbolic freedom of a fiction that was unlimited and furiously aware of its own ability to change the world with words and with the courage of inventiveness

The mythical documentary by the British band, which is being re-released, arrived in art-house cinemas as a psychedelic experience when the end of the dictatorship was already in sight

The professor of contemporary history has published a new biography of the dictator, a solid portrait that covers everything from his time in Africa and Hitler’s help at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War to the essential role of the Church in the regime

Historians warn of the complexity of competing against social networks and the popularity of far-right YouTubers

A foundation is digitizing the nearly 300 films that the Hearst Corporation recorded during the conflict and were shown in American movie theaters

The World Monuments Fund has chosen the Zaragoza town among 25 worldwide locations for which it will raise funds. The 1937 Battle of Belchite was a magnet for journalists such as Ernest Hemingway

German filmmaker Andres Veiel reexamines the figure of the director of ‘Triumph of the Will’ and ‘Olympia’ through her extensive and valuable private archives

Despite the existence of at least six areas affected by nuclear accidents and other industrial activities, the country still does not have an official catalogue that includes locations and clean-up plans

Never before have so many Cubans lived in Spain, which now has 200,000 residents from the Caribbean country, 10% of whom live in the capital

The dictatorship was crucial in the expansion of the religious organization. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, who was canonized as a saint in 2002, said in 1939: ‘I believe that we will have to bless the war’

Hundreds of ex-combatants from the losing side of the Civil War fought against the Nazis while enlisted in the British army. A new book reconstructs their story

The two subcultures are suffering from a lack of generational change. A new exhibition recounts their history and idiosyncrasies from the “Battle of Brighton” in 1964, which was featured in the film ‘Quadrophenia,’ to the present day

In several recent essays historians discuss the founding milestones of Spanish nationalism, the traditional banner of conservative politicians, around the struggle for Al-Andalus

Presented as an illustrated dictionary, a new book delves into the bizarre as the essence of Spanish national identity, in contrast to the epic narratives of patriotism adopted by the far right