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...However, the spectre of the civil war continues to permeate a lot of international reporting about the country — as if Franco could re-emerge from his grave at any moment....
...More seriously, Spain’s 1977 amnesty waives prosecution for suspects of war crimes, mass murder and torture committed during the civil war and Franco’s dictatorship....
...In fairness, this system guaranteed a stable democracy which was the overriding priority for the architects of Spain’s future after the 1975 death of Francisco Franco....
...The Spanish transition towards democracy, which began after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, was an exemplary peaceful process....
...The faultless recording includes soukous and rumba stars Tabu Ley Rocherau and Franco on top form, plus local heroes Abuma Maskini and Abeti....
...The above exceptions aside, almost every African musician of note is here, from Oum Kalsoum to Franco; Kutis father and son, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela; Youssou N’Dour and Baaba Maal; Mahmoud Ahmed...
...The lunchtime trade at Miriam Flores’ restaurant in the immigrant neighbourhood of Liniers in Buenos Aires is as lively as the Bolivian music blaring from the speakers on the walls....
...Starting with the expulsion of the Jews in the late 15th century, his book describes the mass exodus of Iberian artists, writers and intellectuals right up until General Franco’s rule ended in 1975....
...we are informed by Miriam McLeod, who remembers Dietrich taking the stage for the encore of Seeger’s concert in the autumn of 1963....
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