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Former Spanish Communist party leader and civil war veteran dies
Santiago Carrillo, a key figure in Spain’s transition to democracy and a founder of the Eurocommunist movement, has diedSantiago Carrillo, the veteran Spanish Communist party leader and enemy of Francoism who played a key role in helping to steer post-dictatorship Spain to democracy, has died aged 97. One of Spain’s last surviving public figures to have taken an active part in the country’s civil war, after which he spent 38 years in exile, he was also one of the founding fathers of the broader Eurocommunist movement during the 1970s.
published date:Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:09:07 GMT
