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In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, a worker moves portraits of Spanish socialist candidate Pedro Sanchez ahead of a campaign rally in Pamplona. Spain is holding its fourth general election in as many years amid voter distrust and a renewed Catalan independence bid that has bolstered the far right. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Spain repeats election as Catalan crisis boosts far right

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Fugitive Catalan politicians surrender to Belgian police

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Villarreal to showcase its flair _ and ceramics _ in US

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FILE - This Aug. 10, 2018 file photo shows Shakira performing in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Shakira says she will pay homage to Latin culture alongside Jennifer Lopez at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show in Miami. The Grammy winner, who turns 43 on Feb. 2, the day of the Super Bowl, is currently promoting a documentary and live concert album from her 2018 “El Dorado World Tour,” to be released worldwide on Nov. 13. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl

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In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, Pro-Spain demonstrators gather a long a street during a protest called by a unionist Catalan civil society group in Barcelona, Spain. Catalans who want the restive region to remain part of Spain are becoming increasingly frustrated with the chaos, disruptions and violence brought by a renewed wave of pro-independence protests triggered by prison sentences against leaders of a failed bid for secession in 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Catalans against secession are alarmed by recent violence

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Spain: Attack on unconscious girl was sex abuse, not rape

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People celebrate the exhumation of late Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Spain has exhumed the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid and flown them by helicopter for reburial in a small family crypt north of the capital. The government-ordered, closed-door operation on Thursday satisfies a decades-old desire of many in Spain who considered the vainglorious mausoleum that Franco built an affront to the tens of thousands who died in Spain's Civil War and his subsequent regime as well as to Spain's standing as a modern democratic state. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Francisco Franco exhumation backfires on Pedro Sanchez, Spain leftists

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

A man carries a wreath of flowers at Mingorrubio's cemetery, outskirts of Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Forty-four years after his demise, the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco are to be dug out of his grandiose resting place outside Madrid and taken to a small family crypt, finally satisfying a long-standing demand of his victims' relatives and others who suffered under his regime. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain begins exhuming late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco’s remains

By Ciaran Giles - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, Guardia Civil officers stand guard in front of The Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near El Escorial, outskirts of Madrid, After a tortuous judicial and public relations battle, Spain's Socialist government has announced that Gen. Francisco Franco's embalmed body will be relocated from a controversial shrine to a small public cemetery where the former dictator's remains will lie along with his deceased wife. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

AP Explains: A look at Franco and why he is being exhumed

By CIARÁN GILES - Associated Press

National police officers stand guard at the main gate outside Mingorrubio's cemetery, outskirts of Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Forty-four years after his demise, the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco are to be dug out of his grandiose resting place outside Madrid and taken to a small family crypt, finally satisfying a long-standing demand of his victims' relatives and others who suffered under his regime. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The Latest: Spain’s Sanchez heralds exhumation of Franco

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Heavy rain in northeast Spain kills 1 man, 2 missing

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Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco's grandson, Francisco Franco Martinez-Bordiu holds up a pre-constitutional Spanish flag he wants draped over the coffin General Franco during his reburial Thursday after an interview with The Associated Press in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Weather permitting, the Spanish dictator's preserved body will be flown Thursday by helicopter to the Franco family's private chapel in the Mingorrubio cemetery. It's a discrete site compared to the Valley of the Fallen, a vainglorious mausoleum and basilica that Franco built and where he was buried in 1975. The complex, which is topped by a 152-meter (500-foot) granite cross that can be seen for miles, still remains a National Heritage site. (AP Photo/Paul White)

AP Interview: Franco grandson blasts Spain over exhumation

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Catalan regional president Quim Torra walks at the Palace of the Generalitat, the headquarters of the Government of Catalonia, ahead of an interview with The Associated Press in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. The leader of Catalonia says that the massive protests that have often spiraled into violent clashes with police this week won't cease until the Spanish government accepts to listen to separatists' demands. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Interview: Catalan head says only talks can stop protests

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, file photo, a worshiper holds a rosary at the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near El Escorial, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Alfonso Ruiz/File)

Spain to exhume dictator Franco’s remains to discreet grave

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A worker inspects a vandalize shop in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Masses of flag-waving demonstrators demanding Catalonia's independence and the release from prison of separatist leaders jammed downtown Barcelona on Friday as the northeastern Spanish region endured its fifth straight day of unrest. On Friday, the demonstrations were mostly peaceful, though police clashed with a few hundred young protesters who hurled bottles, eggs and paint at the gates of the police headquarters in the center of the city. Large trash containers were burned before police responded, using rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Barcelona mayor pleads for violence in Catalonia to stop

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Timeline of Catalan separatism that has rocked Spain

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Paramedics attend a protestor during clashes with police in Barcelona, Spain, early Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Catalonia's separatist leader vowed Thursday to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as the embattled northeastern region grapples with a wave of violence that has tarnished a movement proud of its peaceful activism. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The Latest: Protesters battle police in chaos-hit Barcelona

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 file photo, Barcelona's Ansu Fati controls the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Granada at the Los Carmenes stadium in Granada, Spain. Ansu Fati, the talented forward who made his debut with Barcelona this season, has quickly attracted everyone’s attention in Spain and is already touted by many as the next big thing for “La Roja.” (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti, File)

Teenager Ansu Fati becomes next promising star in Spain

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Policemen in riot gear move past a burning barricade during clashes with protestors in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017, a ruling that immediately inflamed independence supporters in the wealthy northeastern region. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Police, protesters clash in Catalonia for 3rd night

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press