Francisco Mexico: An Authoritarian Dictator Of Spain

The Dictator, Francisco Franco
By the beginning of 1936, Spain was an authoritarian country. Francisco Franco an authoritarian dictator of Spain was the head of the state government. Adopting his most recognized name entitled “El Caudillo” (the leader). His ruling and orders caused a negative impact in the country. He had the absolute control over the country’s economy and government. As a result, by having too much control this impacted the country and caused some major economic and government effects. Many Spaniards started moving west were communism and a shortage of jobs were available to them.
The first decade, government saw herds of repression caused by military tribunals and political purges. An economic recovery was very difficult because of a loss of foreign exchange that put a restriction on importing capital goods by railroads. In that case, people suffered the consequence because many did not have the necessary products in order to survive. The majority of people lived in poor conditions because the government had control over what came in and out of the country. Consequently, as the industrial and agriculture production output stagnated, real wages dramatically fell.

Additionally, the population of Spain felt very frustrated and angry.

Because of this dramatically change many lost their jobs. In the 1940s, the rise of back market was miserly affecting rural areas (“Rodriguez”). This circumstance caused many people to migrate to other cities where there was more opportunities. Many found better and stable food and living conditions. Next, the population was under the regimen dictatorial. They always had to follow Franco’s rules. He made this series of rules difficult for people. He also focused more on religion instead of education. Franco believed that each person had to be catholic and share the same

beliefs.
For many years the dictator subject people to live under his government and follow his own rules. If any person did not follow the rules Franco ordered his man to kill the person who did not follow orders. For this reason, the whole population had fear and anger towards the dictator and because of his actions many people disliked him. On March 9, 1938 Franco created a law called the “Labor Charter.” This law was created in order to encourage people that every single person living in Spain had to cooperate and do something good for the nation (“Franco’s”).
In conclusion, the rules and orders of Francisco Franco on November 20, 1975 came to an end with his death. After his death, people felt happy and relieved because the dictator’s orders and rules no longer had to be followed. People started showing their happiness and many went outside of their streets to celebrate because they finally did not have to live under a communist government that treated them unfairly and violated their equal rights.