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The Franco Legacy

The Wall Street Journal

November 29, 2025

The Spanish autocrat was a cruel man. But his country was not worse off for having him as its leader.

- TUNKU VARADARAJAN

FATHER LAND Children saluting an image of Gen. Francisco Franco in 1937.

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This story is from the November 29, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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