News about Francisco Franco

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Horace White, a U.S. journalist, characterized him as having "a thin tenor, or more falsetto voice,' nearly as high pitched as a boatswain's whistle. In February 1860, a New York Herald column said that his voice had 'a regular tendency to dwindle into a shrill and irritating sound.' It was a political advantage: his voice had'much carrying power,' and despite the crowd's bustle and tumultuousness, it could have been heard a long distance.' Francisco Franco of Spain was one of the twentieth century's most feared tyrants, influencing audiences and the media. On the other hand, he was an odd figure. He'always seemed ridiculous, a short, ugly man with a shrill voice,' as writer Javier Marias put it.

Juan Carlos, Europe's most popular king, now lives in exile in the UAE and is facing a multi-million-pound lawsuit from his ex mistress. Following Spain's tumultuous four-decade reign of tyrant Francisco Franco, he was instrumental in his country's smooth transition to democracy at the start of his reign. However, there were others that were unveiled, including multiple inquiries into allegations of bribery and embezzlement.

Sticky Vicky, a Benidorm legend, died of heart failure in hospital on Wednesday, according to her family. The mother-of-two, 80, died about 6 a.m. yesterday at Villajoyosa Hospital near the Benidorm resort, where she rose to international prominence. Vicky's daughter, Mara Aragüés Gadea, said it was a "remember for the rest of my life" on her 42nd birthday.

Victoria Mara Gadea, the 80-year-old entertainment icon who was once celebrated as a 'institution' by British tourists in Benidorm, has left a'sticky Vicky' hole in the name of the popular Spanish travel hotspot. 'I'm left with a broken heart,' her mother posted on Facebook this morning, announcing that her mother died earlier today.' According to reports, she was fighting with a 'long illness,' although her cause of death has yet to be announced. Vicky, a grandmother who performed for an illustrious career spanning 39 years, became a cult hero after heading to the coastal city in 1980 and inventing a new one at the time of post-Franco sexual liberation.

Forbidden Art, the first-of-its-kind Museum of Forbidden Art, housed in a historic building in Barcelona's Eixample neighborhood, 'plays with the notion of censorship.' Tatxo Benet, a Catalan journalist and businessman, began to collect the art that fills the museum in 2018, amassing more than 200 controversial works over the next five years.

Voting has concluded in Spain's most crucial snap election, with the hard-right expected to share power for the first time since Francisco Franco's reign as the 1970s began. The country's socialist government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (pictured), faces fierce opposition from the conservative People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox. Vox's sudden rise in 2013 stunned many, as they claimed 3.6 million in the November 2019 election to become the third largest party in the Congress of Deputies. The party's leader, Santiago Abascal (pictured top left), is "antifascist, anti-Nazi, and anticommunist."

During the Spanish Civil War in May 1938, the man, who was only identified as 'Patient M', was shot by a gun-launched missile while fighting on the Valencian front. The wounded soldier was taken to the hospital where he miraculously recovered without needing any operations or special care. But after recovering consciousness two weeks after the explosion, he discovered the world upside down and backwards. Without his brain being able to tell any difference between the two types, he could also read letters and numbers printed both normally and back-to-front.

Protesters staged Fasc salutes as the body of a fascist Spanish movement was retrieved and moved from the historic Valley of The Fallen Mausoleum. Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (top left), also known as Jose Antonio, was the father of the Falange movement, which favored the Francoist regime. A few supporters gathered outside the complex's once-known as the Valley of the Fallen to make the gesture or shouted 'Jose Antonio is present' or 'Long live Spain' as his hearse passed. A larger crowd of about 150 Falange supporters assembled outside the San Isidro cemetery in southern Madrid, where he was supposed to be reburied, but police refused to arrest him.

PETE JENSON IS A SPAIN: For the past two years, the Super League's most promising best friends have been walking hand in hand against everything from the Premier League's financial clout to the majesty of UEFA, Real Madrid, and Barcelona have all been walking hand-in-hand. But in his two-hour long press conference on Monday, Joan Laporta used the dreaded term 'club of the regime'. He didn't specifically call them the club of the regime,' he said, but the four words were still on the air on Monday, flammable and pungent. Of course, the era in question is Francisco Franco's draconian reign from 1936 to 1975. And in just a matter of hours on Monday Real Madrid had responded with a four minute video that asked the question: 'Who is the club of the regime?'

After water levels dropped at the As Conchas Reservoir in Galicia, northwest Spain, the archaeological remains of the entire Roman camp, Aquis Querquennis, were discovered. Following a summer of heat waves that have seen rivers and reservoirs plunge to dangerously low levels, Spain has been suffering the worst drought in decades. The Roman settlement in northern Spain, which was estimated to have been constructed in 75 AD by the Romans before being abandoned in about 120 AD, has since been largely submerged by the flood. Only parts of the site are normally visible all year, but the Roman camp has been unveiled in full this month, after weeks of record-breaking temperatures.

A prehistoric stone circle dubbed the "Spanish Stonehenge" during Europe's worst drought in over 500 years (inset), German warships sank during the Second World War (top left), and a so-called 'hunger stones' revealed (bottom right). The Tiber River in Rome has also revealed the remains of the ancient bridge of Nero (bottom left). The bridge was constructed under Emperor Nero in the first century so that he could explore his villas on the right bank of the river, including the villa of his mother Agrippina. In China, rising water levels have revealed a submerged island and a trio of Buddhist statues (top right) on it, with three others thought to be 600 years old, while in the United States a drought-stricken lake revealed the bodies of five people thought to have been killed by the Mafia. Countries around the world are suffering from a record-breaking summer of heatwaves and drought that has seen rivers drop to dangerously low levels.