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A woman and a child make the fascist salute on November 20, 2011 in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid, outside the basilica where the tombs of Spain’s former dictator General Francisco Franco and the founder of the right-wing group Falange, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, lie. Spaniards voted in rain-sodden elections Sunday all but certain to hand a thundering victory to the right and topple yet another debt-laden eurozone government. Bowed by a 21.5 percent jobless rate, economic stagnation and deep spending cuts, the first voters of the 36 million-strong Spanish electorate headed to the polls ready to punish the ruling Socialists. AFP PHOTO / STR