At least if we pay attention to the biography of the infamous General just published as part of the Spanish Biographical Dictionary, a humongous effort that presents 43,000 biographies in 50 volumes and that has been published by the extremely conservative Spanish Royal Academy of History. The scandal increases because they received 6.4 million euros of public money for such a project...
Not much of a surprise if we consider that the entry on Franco was drafted by Luis Suarez, an specialist in medieval (!) history and also active member of the Francisco Franco Foundation, a private institution devoted to the memory of the dictator...
The biography qualifies Franco as authoritarian and lauds his military prowess. The cold-hearted General that took his time to complete an extermination war that guaranteed a virtual cleansing of Spain and established a fierce dictatorship that lasted nearly 40 years is nowhere to be seen in the pages of this dictionary. I'm afraid this is but the first of the attempts at vindicating his grisly memory that are sure to follow after the half-hearted application of the Law of Historical Memory and the nearly certain political change bound to happen after the incoming 2012 elections...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/31/spaniards-outraged-favourable-franco-biography
I enclose the link to the Francisco Franco Foundation just to illustrate the point that such a website would be forbidden in the majority of countries for fascist propaganda...
Website Fundacion Nacional Francisco Franco
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