Spain’s 1968 Eurovision win was Franco’s loss

The late dictator Francisco Franco desperately wanted to project an image of Spain to the world as modern and open while maintaining iron-fisted control at home. His idea: to win the annual Eurovision song contest. He ordered his government to make it happen — and through luck and grit, Spain pulled it off, with “La La La” performed by a young singer named Massiel. But Massiel refused to playing along with the regime afterward. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

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