El Alcázar
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El Alcázar was a Spanish far-right newspaper founded in 1936 [1]. The paper was founded as the principal nationalist mouthpiece during the Siege of the Alcázar in homage to the defenders of the Alcázar of Toledo [2].
During a short period which spanned from 1966 to 1968, the paper opened itself to the more moderate tendencies of the Francoist regime. However, its direction changed in 1968 and El Alcázar renewed with its support of Phalangist ideology. Following Franco's death in 1975 and the beginning of the transition to democracy, the newspaper became the mouthpiece of the Búnker, a group of Francoist and ultramontanist militaries and leaders opposed to democracy. Between 1977 and 1981, they published various articles from the Colectivo Almendros which publicly declared itself in favor of a coup d'état, one a short time before the 23-F attempted putsch. Following the self-dissolution of Blas Piñar's Fuerza Nueva neofascist party, the newspaper published in 1983 a call for the creation of a new far-right party, materialized by the foundation of the Juntas Españolas.
The paper closed in 1988 as a result of poor sales [3]. Antonio Izquierdo served as the paper's last editor. By the end of the paper's run, circulation was primarily among Francoist veterans [4].
