WATCH: Man defaces General Franco’s tomb in Madrid with red paint and is dragged away by security guards
The protest was sparked by growing tension surrounding the planned exhumation of the remains of General Franco from the Valley of the Fallen
DIVIDED: Experts and locals on digging up dictator Franco from the Valley of the Fallen in special Olive Press report from Madrid
Spain is a country still divided between those nostalgic for the Franco days and those who abhorred El Generalisimo
General Franco’s body will be exhumed thanks to Spain government decree being signed TODAY
SPAIN will pass a decree today signing off on the exhumation General Franco’s body. It comes after new PSOE prime minister made the removal of
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez promises to exhume the remains of General Franco
The controversial site has faced huge criticism for being the only remaining monument dedicated to a fascist leader in Europe
Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of victims from Spanish Civil War
Experts arrived on Monday at the Valley of the Fallen which holds the remains of over 30,000 people from both sides of the civil war
Spanish parliament votes to exhume Franco’s remains
Opposition parties on the left and centre backed a motion 198 votes to one to remove the fascist dictator out of state-funded mausoleum Valle de
PSOE bid to have dead dictator Franco’s body removed from Madrid’s Valley of the Fallen
The main opposition party’s motion will be debated in parliament