Translation of tiranizar

His name was Leo and he would become a good friend of mine during the next two weeks. He had a lovely girlfriend where he stayed during my visit. Basically, I slept in his place when he was away.
While time is a great healer, it is very difficult and not necessarily advisable for a country to forget its past, therefore history always keeps the tensions to others alive. I will explain.
We shared a cabin with an elderly couple from Spain. They started blablaing about Spain, about their corrupt government and about their civil war. They should not work in PR, advertisement or sales.