Half a century later: what the anniversary of Franco’s death says about contemporary Spain

This year marks the half-century anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death, and the debate over his legacy still stirs Spain. The government’s attempt to mark the date has reopened old wounds. What exactly does the memory of the dictatorship mean for Spanish democracy today? Why, is Spanish society unable to agree on its own past, even decades later? How does it affect the current political struggles? David Jiménez Torres, professor of history at Complutense University of Madrid, discusses this in his article for the Spanish magazine Letras Libres.

Read the original article in English
Read the Russian language version at Sapere Aude online