When Pilar Jiménez wed in 1961, she knew her marriage would last. "Back then, no one separated," says the 71-year-old Salamanca resident. "Marriage was for life." Indeed, her union like most that took place in the strongly Catholic environment of Franco's Spain endured, lasting until her husband's death two years ago. But if her marriage was typical of its era, so too are those of her 10 children: five of them are now divorced.
That's about average in Spain these days. The rate of broken marriages has risen steadily since Spain legalized divorce in 1981. But...
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