Editing Kingdom of Spain

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'''Spain''', officially the '''Kingdom of Spain''', is a country in [[Europe]] bordered by [[French Republic|France]], [[Portuguese Republic|Portugal]] and [[Principality of Andorra|Andorra]] as well as the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] overseas territory of [[Gibraltar]]. Spain is an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] country and is a member of both [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and the [[European Union]].

 

 

 

 

 

Military dictator [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] was overthrown in 1930 and monarchist parties lost the 1931 elections. General [[Francisco Franco]] staged a coup in July 1936, which was supported by the military and [[bourgeoisie]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Nathalie Hrizi|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?|date=2008-02-01|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/|archive-date=2020-11-27|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>

 

=== Civil War ===

During the 1936–1939 civil war in Spain, [[Catalonia]] led the left-wing resistance against Franco.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Spanish government’s crackdown on Catalan referendum: Socialism, self-determination and class unity|date=2017-10-04|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/spanish-governments-crackdown-on-catalan-referendum-socialism-self-determination-and-class-unity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023012119/https://www.liberationnews.org/spanish-governments-crackdown-on-catalan-referendum-socialism-self-determination-and-class-unity/|archive-date=2021-10-23|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref>

 

From 1939 to 1975, Spain was a [[Fascism|fascist]] regime called the [[Spanish State (1939-1975)|Spanish State]], which was ruled by Francisco Franco. The Catalan language was banned during this period. Similar to [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]], Francisco Franco ruled his regime with a fascist dictatorship and the ideology of his dictatorship was called Falangism that combined Fascism with National Syndicalism, Monarchism, Spanish Ultranationalism and numerous other ideologies.  <ref name=":0" />

 

After Franco's death in 1975, Spain became a constitutional monarchy led by Prime Minister [[Adolfo Suárez]]. Under Suárez, Spain attended a summit of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] in [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] in 1979. During this period, the [[Movement for the Self-Determination and Independence of the Canaries Archipelago]] (MPAIAC) carried out dozens of violent attacks in an attempt to gain independence for the [[Canary Islands]]. The [[United States of America|U.S.]] government told Spain that they had to join NATO or the Canary Islands would secede from Spain. Less than 20% of Spaniards supported joining NATO, but it joined anyway in 1982 and the MPAIAC soon disappeared.<ref>{{News citation|author=Kahlil Wall-Johnson|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=‘Either you join NATO or we will make the canaries independent’|date=2022-06-10|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/10/either-you-join-nato-or-we-will-make-the-canaries-independent/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614004322/https://mronline.org/2022/06/10/either-you-join-nato-or-we-will-make-the-canaries-independent/|archive-date=2022-06-14|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>