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1. Spain's modern history is marked by the bitterly fought Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and the ensuing 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.

2. Spain backed the military action against the Taliban in Afghanistan and took a leadership role within the European Union in pushing for increased international cooperation on terrorism.

3. Spain has maintained its special identification with Latin America.

4. Even on many international issues beyond Western Europe, Spain prefers to coordinate its efforts with its European Union partners through the European political cooperation mechanism.

5. Spain maintains economic and technical cooperation programs and cultural exchanges with Latin America, both bilaterally and within the European Union.

6. Spain strongly supports the European Union's Union for the Mediterranean to expand dialogue and trade between Europe and the nations of North Africa and the Middle East, including Israel.

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1. The economy is projected to resume modest growth sometime in 2010, making Spain the last major economy to emerge from the global recession.

2. With the normalization of diplomatic relations with Israel and Albania in 1986, Spain virtually completed the process of universalizing its diplomatic relations.

3. Spain maintains economic and technical cooperation programs and cultural exchanges with Latin America, both bilaterally and within the European Union.