Eighty years after Franco took power, Spain riled by re-emergence of far right

Vox party leader Santiago Abascal, a Trumpish anti-immigration nationalist, could be the possible kingmaker in a national election in a few weeks.
Vox party leader Santiago Abascal. His party won in several districts in a regional election in Spain in December.
MALAGA, Spain—It was in this heavily populated, sun-drenched part of Spain east of Gibraltar that an ultra-conservative political party recently emerged on the national scene for the first time in four decades. Wins in several districts in a regional election in December by Vox gave it a role in ...

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