[Opinion] José Manuel Soto's Controversial Opinion of Franco: "Go Around the Tweet because I Don't Want to Think It's Serious"

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José Manuel Soto has not left anyone indifferent to his latest tweet, in which, on the occasion of November 20, 2025, when the death of Franco was 50 years old, he has launched a controversial defense over the dictator, who considers that he died "respected by the majority of Spaniards.""Franco was not a Democrat, he was a dictator, but he died of old respect by the majority of Spaniards," the singer began in his publication in X. But the truth …

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The singer José Manuel Soto has returned to the center of the public debate in a particularly symbolic day: on November 20, when the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco was celebrated. The singer Sevillian, habitual in political controversies, published a message in X in which he maintains that the dictator died "respected by the majority of Spaniards" and that he left as legacy a Spain "united, prosperous and in peace", in additio…