Word: caudillo
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...horrors of the civil war are only stories, has begun to fight bitterly against the dictator in student riots and strikes. So concerned was Franco that during the past fortnight his ubiquitous secret police arrested more than a dozen men, mostly young, of good families which earlier supported the Caudillo. Among them were some big names: Millionaire Basque Businessman Antonio Menchaca Careaga, Lawyer Valentin López Aparicio, University Student Ignacio Soleto, nephew of Liberal Leader Dionisio Ridruejo (Franco's propaganda director during the civil war), and Francisco Herrera Oria, widely known liberal Catholic layman and younger brother...
...Rightist Politician Gil Robles had turned the trial into an oblique attack on the Franco regime, and the Caudillo was angry. Said he: "Because we are strong we can afford to be generous. This is why we pay no attention to the silly intrigues of a few dozen would-be politicians and their followers." Then Franco threatened: "If they should ever disturb the realization of our heroic destiny . . . we would open the flood of blue shirts and red berets that would throw them...
Last week General Franco and his advisers, in five black limousines, on which the usual markings of El Caudillo's ownership were concealed, traveled Spain's ragged roads to the Palacio de las Cabezas, manor house of a 100,000-acre ranch run by the Count of Ruiseñada. There, in well-barricaded privacy, Franco sat down to lunch with Pretender Don Juan (who was allowed back into Spain on a passport describing him as Count of Barcelona). It was their first meeting in six years, and Juan's first visit to Spain since the Civil...
...Catholicism, who stood at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Cardinal Segura. He was Basque-born Father Jesús Iribarren, 42, editor of Ecclesia, official weekly of the Catholic Action group, and long regarded as a strong voice of freedom in Spain. Editor Iribarren roused the Caudillo's ire by publishing an article outspokenly critical of Spain's press censorship (TIME, May 31). Franco's press boss ordered Father Iribarren to quit, and his Minister of Information urged Iribarren's superior, Enrique Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Primate of all Spain, to fire...
Working in Silence. On the big day of the show - the 20th anniversary of the Falange's founding-el Caudillo togged himself in the traditional black coat and snug red beret, and trod into the jam-packed stadium. The crowd exploded in a rhythmic roar: FRAN Co FRAN Co FRAN Co FRAN Co! From a lofty dais, Franco hailed the party: "There is no substitute for the Falange! Only by the continued impetus of the Falange can we guarantee the future of Spain." He candidly explained why the Falangists had been kept under wraps since...