Lucía Benavides
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With COVID-19 infections increasing rapidly, Spain is in a total shutdown, but Spaniards are doing their best to keep their spirits up.
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Spain's culture ministry has canceled upcoming concerts featuring opera great Placido Domingo following reports of a years-long pattern of sexual abuse by the tenor.
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When media called him one of the few actors of color nominated for an Oscar, many Spaniards mocked the term or got angry.
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Winter barbecues are a tradition in Catalonia. Instead of meat on the grill, it's locally grown onions. Family and friends get together to grill and eat the onions with a traditional Catalan sauce.
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The Spanish government has taken the remains of the country's former fascist dictator, Francisco Franco, out of a basilica near Madrid. He has been reburied in a churchyard next to his wife.
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Thousands of protesters shut down the airport and clashed with riot police in northeastern Spain after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms.
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The court ruled against the family of dictator Francisco Franco and said the government can exhume his body from the monument where it lies. He will be reburied in a cemetery beside his wife.
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After matadors kill bulls, restaurants and butcher shops will sell the meat during bullfighting festivals. One Madrid restaurant sells it all year long, despite opposition from animal rights groups.
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Spain's governing Socialist party won the country's third election in four years on Sunday, but will need the help of either the left or right-leaning parties to form a government.
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Spain is marking the 80th anniversary of the end of its civil war. It marked the beginning of Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship, which lasted until his death in 1975.