Tag: Law of Democratic Memory

The Battle of the Valley Continues

Pedro Sánchez is summoning the long-silent ghosts of the past in an attempt to publicly humiliate the victors of the civil war. In so doing, he has likely opened Pandora’s box—even if he has not yet realised it.

Franco Lives!

Pedro Sánchez’ fixation on Franco is reigniting an interest in the past that could backfire on the Left, which has much to hide about its role in the Civil War and dictatorship.

Exhumations for Spain’s Civil War Dead

This comes after relatives of the deceased filed a complaint last Thursday, asking that a 2016 sentence requiring this exhumation be carried out.