Will the U.S. Military Remain in Spain?

On March 12, 1986, a referendum was held in Spain to decide whether the country would continue to belong to NATO. Four years before, Spain had joined that defense organization when an unusual and heterogeneous party was in power (the UCD, the Democratic Centrist Union) which included the Christian Democrats, the Liberals, the ex-Francoites, the Conservatives, and the Social Democrats.