Isadora Zubillaga
Isadora Zubillaga | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Venezuela to France | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2019 | |
| Appointed by | National Assembly of Venezuela |
| President | Juan Guaidó |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isadora del Valle Suárez Guevara 1968 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Citizenship | Spanish (since 2017) |
| Occupation | Activist, diplomat |
Isadora del Valle Suárez Guevara[1] (born 1968)[2] is a Venezuelan senior advisor, former diplomat and activist for democracy in Venezuela. In 2019 she was appointed by the National Assembly as Venezuela's ambassador to France, and in September of the same year she was appointed as deputy presidential commissioner for Venezuela's foreign relations. She held this position until January 5, 2023.
Career[edit]
Isadora holds a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Boston University and a master's degree in international relations from the Sorbonne University in Paris.[3] She has worked as coordinator of human rights projects for the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation and international coordinator of NYC2010 under the direction of Michael Bloomberg.[3][4] Zubillaga also served on the board of directors of the French Alliance of Caracas, is a founding member of the Popular Will opposition party and served as international director of the Chacao mayor's office under the administration of Leopoldo López.[4]
Since the arrest of Leopoldo López in 2014, Zubillaga and her family have been subjected to "systematic denunciations by the government of Nicolás Maduro and harassment in the state-controlled media". Isadora moved to Spain after suffering an express kidnapping and has been living in Europe since 2014.[2] On July 21, 2017, when her passport was about to expire and "with null chances of being renewed," the Spanish Council of Ministers decided to grant her Spanish nationality.[5][2][1]
She has been an international advisor to Leopoldo López;[2][3] as of 2021, she was director of the foundation Código Venezuela, a non-governmental organization dedicated to supporting the Venezuelan diaspora.[4] She has also chaired the Association for Freedom and Democracy in Venezuela.[3]
During the Venezuelan presidential crisis,[6] on February 19, 2019, she was appointed by the National Assembly as Venezuela's ambassador to France[4] and was subsequently appointed as deputy presidential commissioner for Venezuela's foreign relations in September 2019.[7][8][9]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "BOE.es - BOE-A-2017-9277 Real Decreto 759/2017, de 21 de julio, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Isadora del Valle Suárez Guevara". Boletín Oficial del Estado de España. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ a b c d "El Gobierno concede la nacionalidad española a Isadora Zubillaga, asesora internacional de Leopoldo López". Notimerica. Europa Press. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ a b c d "Desayuno-coloquio con William Cárdenas". Fundación Euroamerica. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ a b c d "Embajada en Francia". Presidencia Venezuela (in Spanish). 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Pamela Druckerman (10 October 2019). ""The Strange Life of a Shadow Venezuelan Diplomat"". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ ""Nicolas Maduro's reign of violent terror must come to an end"". Financial Times. Financial Times. October 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ ""A roadmap for Venezuela's Future: An Interview with Isadora Zubillaga, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and Special Envoy of President Guaidó to France"". Leaders Magazine. Leaders Magazine. June 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ ""A Free and Fair Presidential Election is Venezuela's Way Forward"". The New York Times. The New York Times. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ Isadora Zubillaga (24 January 2021). ""Europe must stand by Venezuela's democrats"". Politico. Politico. Retrieved 2021-11-25.