Luis Guillermo Solís

Although President Luis Guillermo Solís had promised not to use Ticos' euphoria over Costa Rica’s performance at the World Cup to promote increases in public utility rates, a 5.38 percent hike in electricity went into effect last Tuesday.

Keylor Navas made the huge stop. Michael Umaña blasted in the all-important fifth penalty kick. And the incredible result set off a celebration throughout Costa Rica.

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís added his signature to a declaration expressing solidarity with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras for the “humanitarian crisis” of unaccompanied child migrants traveling to the United States.

President Luis Guillermo Solís has asked Guy de Teramond, a former minister of science and technology and one of the pioneers of the Internet in Costa Rica, and Alonso Castro, director of the University of Costa Rica’s Informatics Center, to help him draft an official recommendation regarding a proposed new model for pricing mobile Internet usage.

"The worship of the image of the president is over, at least under my government," President Luis Guillermo Solís said.

"Costa Rica is ready to do much more and this shows that,” Solís said.

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís reacts to a missed goal opportunity during Costa Rica's World Cup match against England Tuesday. "The country is...

British Minister of State for Latin America, Hugo Swire, characterized relations as positive between the two nations and said that the United Kingdom hopes to cooperate with Costa Rica in areas like education and renewable energy.

President Luis Guillermo Solís said the international recognition could ignite rural tourism in the economically depressed Southern Zone.

President Luis Guillermo Solís predicted the final score of the World Cup match between Costa Rica and Italy.