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The spy whose tapes rocked Spanish society

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    Minori
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    The history of the Spanish government is a lot shorter than most of Western Europe since Franco ruled till 1975, and it's incredible just how deep the connections run through modern Spanish...

    The history of the Spanish government is a lot shorter than most of Western Europe since Franco ruled till 1975, and it's incredible just how deep the connections run through modern Spanish society. I didn't know the full history behind the tapes that got the king charged, politicians disgraced, and delegitimized the national police.

    Some of the operations that José Manuel Villarejo Pérez describes sound like they're straight out of the FBI's playbook or a James Bond film. The article helped me have some cultural context for the current political turnover in Spain.

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      I just finished the show, "Los pacientes del dr garcia" and learned a lot about Spanish civil war, fascism's rise in Spain, and Franco's collaboration with the nazis.

      I just finished the show, "Los pacientes del dr garcia" and learned a lot about Spanish civil war, fascism's rise in Spain, and Franco's collaboration with the nazis.

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