Departures of note

Ernesto Caballero Castillo was a historic leader of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) and former coordinator of Izquierda Unida Convocatoria por Andalucía (IU-CA) in Córdoba. He joined the PCE in 1957, following in the footsteps of his father, one of the party's founders in their native Villanueva del Duque. Imprisoned several times during the Franco dictatorship, he played a key role in the defense of rights and freedoms during the dictatorship, the Transition, and the legalization of the PCE, collaborating in Madrid with leaders such as Marcelino Camacho and Nicolás Sartorius. After returning to Córdoba, he served as provincial secretary of the PCE and later as provincial coordinator of IU-CA. He was elected to the Andalusian parliament in the 1982 and 1986 regional elections, and left that seat when he was elected deputy to the Congress of Deputies in 1989. He died in Córdoba at the age of 91.