[2] Back in Madrid, she held the position of advisory member of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Foreign Policy for the European Union.
With the arrival of Rodríguez Zapatero, she was appointed General Director of Planning and Evaluation of Policies for Development at the Agency for International Cooperation, providing aid to the poor.
[2] Once again in Madrid, she held the directorship of the Department of International Policy and Security of the Cabinet of the President of the Government [es].
[4] During her stay in Lebanon, she had to handle the death of Spanish Corporal Francisco Javier Soria, who was killed by Israeli gunfire, and take charge of the diplomatic representation of Syria,[4] whose embassy was closed at the beginning of the civil war in that country.
Suffering from cancer, she returned to Madrid,[5] where she held the position of ambassador in the Special Mission for Mediterranean Affairs.