For many authors, the higher prevalence of anti-Americanism in Spain to that nearby nations is because of the memory of the 1898 war and the left-wing resentment of the US partnership with Franco. Also, the Pact of Madrid to install US military bases in Spain in 1953), the Americans' lack of enthusiasm for the Spanish transition to democracy in the 1970s, the US endorsement of far-right dictatorships in Latin America during the Reagan administration, and the invasion of Iraq (including the killing of José Couso) are also cited as events that fuel anti-Americanism. Spain was even the European country with the highest levels of opposition in public opinion to the Iraq War.