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Carmen Alvarez and Juan Aguirre discuss the fight for democracy in Spain

BROADCAST: Oct. 31, 1974 | DURATION: 00:50:06

Synopsis

Terkel interviews Carmen Alvarez and Juan Aguirre about the changing political climate in Spain during the mid-seventies when Francisco Franco was losing power and the fight for democracy was gaining traction throughout Spain.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations. This recording includes audio from a 1937 newsreel about Spanish novelist and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno.
 

 

Details

Broadcast Date
Oct. 31, 1974

Duration
50 minutes, 6 seconds

Topics

World History & Politics Latino/a/x and Hispanic Culture & History

Tags

Alvarez, Carmen Aguirre, Juan Spain--Social conditions--20th century. Audiotapes Radio programs WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Democratic movement in Spain Spanish politics Spain--Politics and government Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939 Democracy--Spain Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975 Fascism--Spain Roman Catholic Church Generalissimos Francoist Spain Anti-Francoism Falangism Carrero Blanco, Luis Transition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 1938-

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