Spain set to tear down its last statue of General Franco

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: TimesOnline UK

The last statue of General Franco in Spain is to be withdrawn almost 34 years after the death of the dictator.

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The Melilla government is removing the effigy of El Caudillo in compliance with the controversial Law of Historical Memory, which offers redress to victims or their relatives who were killed or "disappeared" during the Civil War and its aftermath.

Under the law, introduced in 2007, local authorities must remove symbols of the dictator or his supporters such as statues or plaques and change road names associated with the regime.

But many right-wing local authorities have resisted attempts by campaigners to force them to comply with the legislation.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5912474.ece

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finally

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. are they sure he is still dead?

maybe they should check?

[AlphaCentauri]

2. are you thinking about Juan Carlos? n/t

[bitchkitty]

3. LMAO! n/t

[santamargarita]

7. Their right-wing assholes don't think so...

just like our right-wing assholes and dead Reagan

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

8. Reagan is dead?

wow. who knew?

[AlphaCentauri]

10. No, he still alive in many harts and minds n/t

[POAS]

9. My first thought as well! n/t

[47of74]

4. I hope the day comes here...

When the names of stuff named after Bush and Cheney (with the exception of sewage treatment plants) has to be changed and any statues / plaques honoring either of those two sons of you know whats have to be removed.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Ooh! Maybe Seattle will get it!

We already have Lenin!

[CTyankee]

6. Until I went to Spain last fall, I never knew how much Franco and the Spanish Civil War

STILL affects people there. The acute awareness of their history is something I found surprising. Yet everywhere I went there seemed to be some kind of discussion about it, and they are very passionate about it as well.