The ongoing row over a statue honouring Spanish dictator General Franco in Tenerife’s capital, Santa Cruz, shows no sign of nearing a resolution. The monument near the seafront on one of the city’s main thoroughfares is the subject of a longstanding and acrimonious battle between critics of the Franco regime, who want it taken down, and those who believe it is part of the island’s cultural and historical heritage. Various bodies have sought down the years have the statue removed from its site on the Avenia de Anaga, where it is seen......

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