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Spain conservatives entrust Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide

Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn't enter a political battle unless he has almost every chance of winning

The Independent UK

From left wing to far right, four candidates facing off in Spain’s snap election

Spain's elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist parties that are teaming up to form potential coalitions. Here is a glance at the four leaders of those parties.

France 24

Spain's election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here's a look at the leaders

Spain’s elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist parties that are teaming up to form potential coalitions

The Independent UK

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Spain's early election could put the far right in power for the first time since Franco

A general election this Sunday could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right

The Independent UK

Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez gambled on a snap election. If he loses, the heirs of the age of Franco could be back in power for the first time in nearly 50 years

The Guardian - UK

Will Spain’s snap election usher in the far right – or can PM’s gamble pay off?

Pedro Sánchez is betting on galvanising leftwing voters to block the far right getting into government for first time since Franco

The Guardian - UK

El Dr. Francisco Martínez, veterano de guerra y médico en Humboldt Park, fallece a los 105 años

Algunos pacientes pobres le pagaban al Dr. Martínez con el queso que habían recibido como prestaciones alimentarias federales.

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Spain begins exhumation of 128 Franco civil war victims

Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the former mausoleum of General Franco.

The New Daily

Exhumation of civil war dead from Spain’s Valley of Cuelgamuros begins

Scientists aim to analyse remains of 128 people recovered from basilica where thousands were buried

The Guardian - UK

Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of 128 Franco victims buried anonymously at mausoleum

Initial forensic work has begun to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco’s forces who are among tens of thousands of people buried anonymously in the Valle de Cuelgamuros mausoleum, formerly known as the Valle de los Caídos, or Valley of the Fallen

The Independent UK

Dr. Francisco Martinez, served in Spanish Civil War before becoming a doctor to Spanish-speaking residents in Humboldt Park, dies at 105

Some poor patients would pay Dr. Martinez in cheese they had received as federal food benefits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Could far-right Vox party become Spain’s kingmaker in July vote?

Polls indicate that Spain’s ultraconservative party could become the kingmaker of the national government.

Al Jazeera

Spain's political high roller Sanchez takes biggest gamble yet

Pedro Sanchez's reputation as a risk-taker precedes him but his announcement on Monday of a snap election, after a poll setback and as an EU presidency stint beckons, represents the Spanish prime minister's biggest political gamble yet.

Reuters

New Madrid museum set to unveil five centuries of Spain's royal collections

Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the opening in Madrid of The Royal Collections Gallery next month

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Anti-Muslim Twitter feed in Spain: 'A recipe for disaster'

A far-right movement in Spain that is opposed to Muslims and immigrants has found a home on Twitter

The Independent UK

Spain's Juan Carlos I offers cautionary tale for Charles III

A playboy past that was once brushed under the carpet, a popular son whose telegenic family threatens to eclipse his own star, and endless leaks about his private life: Spain’s Juan Carlos I can empathize with the lot of Britain’s Charles III

The Independent UK

Spain exhumes fascist party founder from mausoleum

The body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange movement, will be exhumed from a Madrid mausoleum and transferred to a city cemetery

Al Jazeera

Spain exhumes remains of fascist leader Primo de Rivera

The Falange party founder became one of the pillars of Francisco Franco’s brutal regime.

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Reuters

Three arrested as Spain exhumes fascist movement's founder

Three people were arrested on Monday after police clashed with sympathisers of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of Spain's fascist Falange movement that supported the Francoist regime, whose body was exhumed from a mausoleum near Madrid.

Evening Standard

Beyond El Clasico: How Real Madrid and Barcelona’s rivalry has turned uglier than ever

The days of a healthy rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid are over.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid Takes Turn for Worse

The days of a healthy rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid are over. What used to be a cordial relationship between the Spanish powerhouses has turned ugly following the latest scandal involving Barcelona over payments to a former refereeing official. Neither club is holding back, and there is no hiding…

The National (Scotland)

Franco’s legacy still haunts Spain as the nation heads to the ballot box this year

IT'S a major year in Spain.

Tribune News Service

This mural honors 5,000 women who protested fascism in 1937

TAMPA, Fla. — Sarah McNamara was a teenager when she first learned of her great-great grandmother and great aunt’s local activism in the 1930s.

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Saura obituary

One of Spain’s most celebrated directors best known for his 1990 film ¡Ay Carmela!

The Independent UK

Paco Rabanne: Designer who embodied the spirit of the Sixties

A fashion innovator and provocateur who defined space-age glamour with his design for Barbarella’s catsuit

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