Lucía Benavides

Spain used to be one of the few European countries that didn't have a far-right party, but Vox is gaining support. Polls say it could win more than 6 percent of the vote in next month's election.

Many of the Venezuelans fleeing their country have taken refuge in Spain. But they haven't received the warmest welcome.

The country had been a holdout from a trend already sweeping other parts of Europe and beyond. Now the right-wing Vox party shares power in Spain's largest region.

The trial of 12 Catalan politicians in Madrid on Tuesday threatens to reopen the divisions in Spain between those who oppose independence for Catalonia, and those in the province who want to secede.

Spain is taking in more migrants than Greece or Italy — the first time that's happened since the crisis began in 2015. The numbers are expected to rise, and that's straining Spain's migrant services.

Movie fans watching foreign films fall into two groups: those who want to hear the dialogue dubbed into their own language, and those who prefer subtitles. Spaniards seem firmly in that first group.

The Spanish singer studied traditional cante flamenco in college and now mixes it with pop music influences in a way that's led some to call her the "Spanish Beyoncé."

Experts say nearly every woman migrating to Spain from Africa is sexually abused along the way. They sometimes arrive pregnant or with infants conceived on their journey, often a result of rape.

More than four decades after his death, the dictator Francisco Franco remains a divisive figure. His tomb is situated at a memorial outside Madrid that has become a pilgrimage site of sorts.

Decades after his death, Spain's government passed legation allowing officials to move the remains of the country's ex-dictator Francisco Franco out of the giant memorial that he built for himself.