“The Socialist government says the assorted icons of the Franco regime still on view — fascist-style eagles, yokes and arrows — have no place in modern Spain. A year ago, it passed a law to eliminate them. But the drive — part of a broader law aimed at redressing Franco-era injustices — has raised hackles among conservatives who say Prime Minister José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero is reopening wounds they say were healed after the dictator’s death.”
