September 2023, Year XV, n. 9
Epsy Campbell Barr
Vice-President and Beyond
Telos: May 8 2018. You became the first Afro-Costa Rican to become Costa Rica’s Vice-President. A real milestone. What were your feelings then?
Epsy Campbell Barr: Thank you so much for this interview and for the opportunity to share some political reflections on the challenges that I have encountered in my leadership process.
The first thing that I want to say is that for me it was a historic opportunity to become the Vice-President of my country, Costa Rica, and a great responsibility. Beyond my identity as a woman of African descent, it is a great honour to serve the country where I was born, as well as to contribute to the dream of inclusion, justice, non-discrimination and democracy for all the people who inhabit my country ...more
Editorial
At 3:30pm CET in a hot August afternoon, in front of my computer screen, I was waiting to interview Epsy Campbell Barr. A new experience for me, used to receiving answers to our questions in writing, and imagining, just imagining, what our guest would be like in person. And suddenly she appears on the screen, beautiful, radiant, smiling and welcoming. Wait, hang on a second. We are going to talk about female empowerment and the first adjective I use to introduce Epsy is 'beautiful'? Yes, and I reiterate this without a qualm, because Epsy Cambell Barr's beauty is not only outer, but is illuminated by an extraordinary passion, vitality, and strength. Our September guest for PRIMOPIANOSCALAc is the former Vice-President of Costa Rica, and, among other things, the current Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, a platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent ...more
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