A Brief History of BBVA (VII) (BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA)
(WorldNews Spain)

(Source: BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA) The political upheaval that marred and engulfed the country`s public life during the first five years of the 1930s, ended leading Spain right towards where some visionaries` had predicted it irretrievable would: a full-blown civil war. The succession of controversial events that plagued the first half of 1936 contributed to turn Spanish society into a tinderbox under a stifling political climate. On July 18, General Francisco Franco issued an official statement, announcing the beginning of his uprising against the Second Republic`s current legality. At that time, it was probably impossible to fathom the level of cruelty wrought in the 32...