Franco’s shadow: reburial battle sees Spain confront its darkest days
by Sam Jones from World news | The Guardian on (#4BNZW)
Past and future collide as nationalist Vox party gears up for success in next month's general election while exhumation of dictator draws closer
The gates of the suburban mausoleum that could soon house Spain's most restless ghost are decked with a shrivelling bunch of red and yellow carnations, a handful of prayer cards and a cheap, broken crucifix.
If the socialist government's long and fraught campaign to exhume Francisco Franco from the fascist splendour of the Valley of the Fallen finally succeeds, his body will be reinterred in June here in the humbler surroundings of the Mingorrubio-El Pardo municipal cemetery.
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