The president elect of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, will begin a tour today of Central America (except Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic to personally invite representatives of these nations to his inaugural on 8 May.
His whirlwind tour of the region begins today in Guatemala and El Salvador. On Wednesday Solis will travel to Honduras and Panama. The President-elect will finalize his tour with a visit to the Dominican Republic this Thursday.
Solis left Nicaragua off his travel itinerary, citing that he was troubled by President Daniel Ortega’s (Nicaragua) inflammatory comments concerning the sovereignty of Costa Rica, However, Solis said that a formal invitation to Nicaragua to attend the inaugural will be extended through diplomatic channels.