Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain's partisan squabbles | María Ramírez

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• – Picasso's Guernica is set to return to Madrid after 40 years, amid Spain's partisan squabbles
• – The painting, depicting the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, was intended to be a cry for peace
• – Picasso wished for the painting to be returned to Spain after the end of the Franco dictatorship