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Topic: Francisco Franco

Gen. Francisco Franco (right) with Prince Juan Carlos in 1975, shortly before Franco's death. (Keystone/Getty Images)

MAGA's new fascist man-crush: Franco!

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump holds up a model of his proposed triumph arch at the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's monument fit for an emperor

Benjamin Jasnow
People clash with Spanish Guardia Civil guards outside a polling station. (Getty/Raymond Roig)

What went wrong in Catalonia?

Mireia Triguero Roura
(AP)

Does fascism have morality?

Paul Rosenberg
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Torkild Rieber, Francisco Franco (AP/Wikimedia)

The oil man and his dictators

Adam Hochschild - TomDispatch.com
(Wikimedia)

Everybody, hate Chris!

Elias Isquith
(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Bush revisionism is back

Elias Isquith
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