EFE

EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ram?n Serrano S??er and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain's minister of the press and propaganda.

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Employees in Spain are represented by the labor union Comisiones Obreras. EFE has about 40 employees in the United States who voted on Sept. 29, 2005, to be represented by the News Media Guild.

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1939: 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Manuel Aznar Zubigaray: Manuel Aznar Zubigaray (1894-1975) was a diplomat in the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain. As a young man he was a firm supporter of Basque nationalism, but the Second Spanish Republic made him more conservative, and became a firm Franco supporter. Between 1964 and 1967 he was Spain's ambas...

Spain: The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de Espa?a or Espa?a; Catalan: Regne d'Espanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Asturian: Reinu d'Espa?a or Espa?a) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the nor...