(19 Nov 2000) Voice and effects
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VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
Anti-fascist demonstrators clashed with police in the Spanish capital, Madrid, on Sunday as the country commemorated the 25th anniversary of the death of fascist dictator General Franco.
Police baton charged around 2-thousand protesters in the centre of the city.
Elsewhere in Madrid, neo-fascist supporters of the former leader gathered to commemorate the anniversary.
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Police in Madrid took a heavy handed approach to anti-Fascist marchers on Sunday.
Twenty-five years on, and the memory of the former dictator still divides Spaniards.
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For those caught in the middle it was a brutal end to the day's protest.
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While the police tried to hem in the protesters, many of them dispersed through the narrow streets of central Madrid.
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Pitched battles soon developed between riot police and the demonstrators.
For a short time, as passions boiled over, anarchy reigned.
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Earlier in the day, there was little sign of what was to come, as the anti-Franco marchers set out through Madrid to show their anger at the commemorations.
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Elsewhere, the Franco supporters held peaceful, though small, gatherings in memory of the former leader.
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While most Spaniards have no inclination to cherish Franco's memory, some still see him as a national icon.
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This supporters said: "We have an ideology, we are Spanish from head to toe. It's a way of being. I'm Spanish all of me."
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The Valle de los Caidos mausoleum was built by Franco and on Saturday some five-thousand people attended a Mass there in his honour.
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Franco became western Europe's longest reigning dictator this century, ruling Spain with an iron fist after unleashing one of the continent's bitterest civil wars.
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And in the era of democracy, there are still those who wish for his return.
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