Madrid, July 13 (RHC)-- In the Spanish capital Madrid, the new leftist city council has announced plans to remove all names relating to former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco from city squares and streets.
Despite a 2007 law aimed at replacing symbols of Franco’s decades-long rule, about 170 Madrid streets still bear the names of regime figures.
Madrid’s new mayor, Manuela Carmena, is a retired judge who worked as a labor lawyer defending worker-rights activists detained under Franco’s Fascist dictatorship.
