Blame it on merchandising fever, but someone didn't do their history homework. A boys' T-shirt bearing the word "SPAIN" and a small Spanish flag for sale at target.com and some Target stores has ...

Supporters of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco hold a flag with his portrait outside Mingorrubio-El Pardo cemetery, in Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2019. REUTERS ...

On a quiet morning at the foot of the imposing mausoleum where the remains of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco lie, a lone man lifted a red and yellow flag high above his head.

Franco ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975, after he and other officers led a military insurrection against the Spanish democratic government in 1936, a move that started a three-year civil war.

Franco ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975, ... Two women holding a pre-constitutional Spanish flag gather outside Mingorrubio's cemetery, outskirts of Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.

Spain Plans To Remove Franco's Remains From A Memorial, ... On a recent Saturday, Franco's tomb is covered in flowers with red-and-yellow ribbons depicting the Spanish flag.

Having said that, among Barça fans, Madrid still represents the the oppression of the Franco years. The ban on the Estelada flag for Sunday’s Copa Del Ray final is likely just another example ...

No flags or symbols were allowed at the Valley of the Fallen during the exhumation, ... Franco ruled Spain from the late 1930s until his death.