Word: francos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Franco regime is an ugly, if somewhat mellowed, relic of the fascist era, and with its denial of basic civil liberties cannot really be acceptable to the new Western European community, founded on respect for human rights. The problem is, however, that ostracism may have the effect of solidifying popular support for Franco, as it did under the ill-fated U.N. resolution for diplomatic isolation...
...lived in Spain for five years and never once felt as if I was in a "police state." I am married to a Spaniard who shows no signs of being oppressed by his government. I strongly protest the treatment of General Franco by the American press in general and TIME in particular...
...cover story on Franco Spain certainly points out another danger area to the U.S. Franco's impending demise gives rise to the notion of a creation of another Fidel Castro...
When the Spanish economy was tottering in 1953, and Franco with it, our "timely" assistance gave the Caudillo a few more years of despotic rule...
Some of the Pretender's backers want El Rey to get tough and exploit the ferment in Spain with a rousing declaration to speed Franco's end. Some Spaniards even say that he should go back and live on Spanish soil. Don Juan refuses. "Couldn't . . . It'd raise problems . . . I'd be accused of meddling in politics," he mutters. He can only steer the lonely and precarious course of not publicly antagonizing Franco and yet suggesting to the waiting Spanish people how he feels about the regime that in 1945 he called...