She returned to her homeland in 1970 and joined the Spanish Socialist Party [PSOE] In 1973. She thus participated in the clandestine reorganization of the party in Astunas. an industrial province of Northern Spain with the most ancient workingclass tradition. At the same time. she taught history at college level. and became a member of the National Executivein charge of dealing with emigratesat the National Union of Workers [U.G.T.] the largest trade union in Spain. After the restoration of democracy. she was elected municipal counsellor of the city of Oviedo. and a regional deputy in the assembly of Asturias. In 1980. she was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies where she occupied a leadership position in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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