She helped her national team to rank sixth in the 2013 Pan-American Cup after falling 2-3 to Puerto Rico. She departed to the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix as one of her team main players, that had previously suffered two abandons, Cleger and Marsillan and ended up in the 19th place out of 20 teams. Just before the start of the 2013 NORCECA Championship, the Cuban Federation declared that Palacio will not travel with the national team to Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The Federation cited disagreements with the player and the Cuban national team had to play the continental championship with only 11 players.