El Franco

Dr. Gardner was out last week, so there is not much of an update. Debra Caswell: Meet and greet was on Monday. Natalie went to LBJ and the former contractor is gone. Debra Caswell is off to a great start, so far. She is just for ACS and we will be receiving two extra people. She reports to Pepe and is here for DMV. She has gone through the sites and started fixing things as she sees them. Board Meeting: Strategic planning for the board and Harris Health will take place this month. This pertains

El Caudillo There has been plenty of stories about men in history but none like the one of Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde. Francisco came to power promptly after the start of the Spanish Civil War. He led the Nationalist Army to victory. After the war ended in 1939, Franco held complete control of Spain. His administration was similar to a Fascist autocracy. He carried out the functions of chief of state, prime minister, commander in chief, and leader of the Falange. In this

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975, including the time of WW2. Perhaps he was better known as “El Caudillo,” translated into English as The Leader. He was born and raised in Spain. He was a very brilliant military general who led Nationalist rebels in defeating the Spanish government during the Spanish Civil War. Although he was viewed as a Fascist Dictator, he strongly opposed communism. He was an extremely important figure in the course of world history

The transition was an event that took place in Spain. The transitional period’s international significance was unlike the international context of the Spanish Civil War. Still, the U.S. and the world understood how significant the death of Franco affected Western Europe and the creation and ratification of the 1978 Constitution. For example, the U.S. State Department Central files at the National Archives has reports of the Embassy in Madrid. These reports, along with FRUS, had the attention

The Spanish government and establishment were possibly the Franco regimes strongest tools in asserting the regime's authority over the Spanish people. A new government was established after the Spanish Civil War with a new main state party, new laws, and a new political system. Franco was so well-established at the end of the Spanish Civil War that no political opposition stood a chance, including the Falange. In order to create a stable system of political power in Spain, the Falange was fulfilled

brought by Franco for the people of Spain, it cannot be forgotten that he held the respect and support of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini throughout the Spanish Civil War and through the 1940s. One key difference with these typical German and Italian fascists was the fact that Franco used the FET y de la JONS party as a tool for the state to function efficiently. On the other hand, Hitler used the Nazi party as a vehicle to impose his ideology on the state. This different gave Franco the ability

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teodulo Franco Bahamonde, or more commonly Francisco Franco, was born on December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain. Franco was born to Nicolas Franco y Salgado-Araújo, a Spanish Naval Officer, and María del Pilar Bahamonde y Pardo de Andrade, an upper middle class Roman Catholic. Until the age of 12, Francisco attended El Ferrol’s Roman Catholic School of the Sacred Heart, a small private school run by a priest; he would then attend a naval secondary school. His family

Francisco Franco was a general and authoritarian leader, who governed Spain from 1939 to 1975. He came to power shortly after the start of the Spanish Civil War. In that war, he led the rebel Nationalist Army to victory over the Loyalist forces. After the war ended in 1939, Franco held complete control of Spain. His regime was similar to a Fascist dictatorship. He carried out the functions of chief of state, prime minister, commander in chief, and leader of the Falange, the only permitted political

Francisco Franco was the last dictator of Spain. The title that he adopted was “El Caudillo”. He was considered a good but also a bad leader at the same time. However, he did rule over Spain until to his last breath on earth. Franco was the prime minister of Spain from the year of 1939 to his death in 1975. He was known for leading the Spanish Civil War, and won a great deal as being a leader. During his rise of power, many citizens supported and believed in him. Francisco Franco was also an extraordinary

Mercedes not only knows him but is prepared to fight him. Similarly the women at the dinner party, Carmen included, do not involve themselves in the discussion in any way other than to ask her, ‘¿cómo se conocieron usted y el Capitán?’ which is a reflection on how under Franco, ‘unos fuertes prejuicios machistas estaban… arraigados en la sociedad… no necesitaban protección del Estado’1 Even Mercedes acknowledges her inferior status before Vidal, saying, ‘al señor no le interesa lo que alguien como