Victoria Guardia Alvarado (born in 1939) is a

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and

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. She is the present Ambassador of Costa Rica in the FAO in

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. She was born in

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San ...

, in 1939. She studied at universities in Mexico and at the

Diplomatic School of Spain The Diplomatic School of Spain (''Escuela Diplomática'' in Spanish) is an official institution dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. It was constituted in 1942 an ...

. She entered the Ministry of External Relations on June 15, 1966. She has held numerous diplomatic positions, including First Secretary of the Embassy of Costa Rica in

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, head of Cabinet of the Minister, assistant director of International Organizations. She has also been professor of the diplomatic Institute of the Costa Rican Chancellery. She is married to Manuel Antonio Hernández Gutiérrez, also an Ambassador of Costa Rica.

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