The government brought from Washington a Costa Rican with more than 30 years of experience in environmental issues to occupy the position of vice chancellor.
Lorena Aguilar Revelo has a master’s degree in Anthropology and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Ecology, as stated on the website of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, an international organization in the field of conservation of natural resources and for which Aguilar worked until her appointment.
The new vice chancellor is the niece of Tourism Minister María Amalia Revelo Raventós and, despite the fact that President Carlos Alvarado says that “only he defines who his friends are,” according to internal sources of CRHoy in Casa Amarilla, Aguilar is a close friend to him and his wife.
Aguilar Revelo left the position of World Councilor on Gender and as World Director of the Social and Economic Program of the IUCN to come and perform as vice chancellor.
She has more than three decades of experience and has written 30 books and other publications on environmental issues, environmental health, and public policies on gender equity. Many of her books have been translated into English, Arabic, and French, and are widely used around the world.