70 YEH SPAIN HISTORY

1. History seen
through our eyes
SPAIN
1945-2015
Presented by
Ángela Uriel
Susana Velasco
and
Eva Montoya

2. The 40´:the hardest years of the Francoist political repression

3. 1946: the entry of Spain in the UN is
rejected by the main winner powers
in the Second World War

4. The 40´: years of poverty and
destitution

5. 1952.- the ration books are abolished thanks to the Little improvement of the
Spanish economy and the crops

6. 1953.- Spain and USA signed a treaty of friendship and collaboration. This treaty involved for the Franco,s
Spain an international recognition. Spain received economic and military help but in return it had to cede
to USA some estrategic spaces to install there military American bases.

7. 1954: It is reached the GDP per capita
previous to the Spanish Civil War 15 years later of its end
City Center of Madrid in 1955

8. 1955.- Spain joined UN- The diplomatic international isolation finished partially

9. 1956.- Spain recognized the Moroccan Independence after France
did. The Spanish protectorate in Morroco finished

10. Enrique Fuentes Quintana
Alberto Ullastres
1959.- Plan of Stabilization. A set of economic rules liberalized the Spanish economy- The
results were possitive. Spain grew quickly during 13 years (1960-1973)
These men were the most important economist and civil servants
who designed and applied the Plan of Stabilization

11. A statistic shows the
industrial production
increase

12. Images
that show
a certain
prosperity
in the 60´

13. A consumption
society starts its first
steps

14. New expansion urban areas
ElectrificationNaval industry
International tourists began to
come to Spain

15. 1955-1975. More than a million Spaniards emigrated to Europe (especially
to France, Germany and Switzerland)

16. 1968. The pro-Independence Basque terrorist group ETA committed its
first assassination

17. 1973.- Carrero Blanco, the closest Franco´s coworker and his “heir”, was killed by the terrorist
organization ETA

18. 1975.- Last executions of the Francoism
They were three members of FRAP and two members of ETA

19. 1975.- The Green March, a great march through the Sahara desert
organized by the Moroccan government, claimed for the transfer of the
Spanish Sahara to Morocco. Morocco got its aim.

20. 1975.- Franco died. The dictatorship began to collapse and the
transition to a democracy started its first steps.

21. 1975.- Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain

22. 1976.- Adolfo Suárez, a politician from the dictatorship but commited with
democracy was appointed as prime minister by the king Juan Carlos I

23. 1977.- The leftist political parties (included the communist one) were
legalized to participate in the first democratic election after the Civil War

24. 1978.- The new democratic constitution was passed. Spain was
formed by 17 autonomous regions

25. 1981.- Failed attempt of coup against the young democratic Spain

26. 1982. Spain joined NATO. A referemdum done in 1986 reasserts its continuance.
Posters in favor and against for the NATO referendum
Ceremony of entry

27. 1986. Spain joined European Union

28. 1992.- 5th centenary of the discovery of America. Barcelona organized
the Olympic Games and Seville the International Exposition

29. International Exposition. 1992. Seville

30. 2002.- Euro replaced peseta

31. 2004.- Terrorist attacks on 11th march in Madrid:
almost 200 dead people

32. 2014.- King Juan Carlos I abdicated and his son and heir Felipe was proclaimed as King
with the name of Felipe VI