Zaida Cantera
Zaida Cantera de Castro is a Spanish retired military officer and politician currently affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was a deputy for Madrid in the 11th and Legislatures.
Military career
Zaida Cantera entered the General Military Academy in 1997, receiving her specialization in Signals at the, where she graduated in 2003, receiving her commission as lieutenant. She also holds master's degrees in Networks and Information Systems and Communication and Information Systems for Security and Defense.She was assigned to the Signals Unit of the Armored Brigade and participated in international missions such as the conflicts in Kosovo and Lebanon, reaching the rank of major in the Army. After returning from the latter country she began to suffer Sexual [harassment in the military|sexual harassment] from a superior, a fact that she denounced before the Central Military Court. In 2014, she requested her departure from the Armed Forces and was definitively discharged in 2015. Cantera recounted these episodes of harassment in the book No, mi general, in co-authorship with UPyD deputy Irene Lozano.