UPDATE: June 29. 6:18 p.m. The National Power and Light Company (CNFL) and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute reported on Thursday evening that power had been restored to all customers at around 5:30 p.m.
Costa Rica won the day, thanks to goals by Francisco Calvo – a header in the very first minute that brought the National Stadium to its feet – and captain Bryan Ruíz in the 44th.
"There are some amazing upsides to a country where a government largely trusts its own people, and where vitriol and intolerance are very much the exception, not the rule."
"I’m hoping to be a role model myself. To show people that there’s no shame. This terrible trauma can happen in your life and it will affect you: there’s no denying that it will affect you, there is hope on the other side." Meet Claire McFarlane.
