Spain's Fresh Memories of Dictatorship
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont evokes the Franco era in the face of Madrid’s call for new regional elections.
Spain is experiencing its worst constitutional crisis in its nearly 40 years as a democracy, and it keeps escalating. This week, the Spanish government announced it would impose direct rule over the northeastern region of Catalonia, where a contested referendum—one Madrid had declared unconstitutional—yielded a vote in favor of independence. What’s next is uncertain, but some have turned to the country’s past to explain its unprecedented present.
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