President Danilo Medina left early this morning, Thursday 8 May on a private plane for a short visit to Costa Rica to attend the inauguration of recently elected President Luis Guillermo Solis. Solis visited President Medina several weeks ago and invited him to the inauguration.
Medina is expected back this evening. He left from San Isidro Air Base and was accompanied by a group of officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols and the Administrative Minister for the Presidency Jose Ramon Peralta, his communications chief Roberto Rodriguez Marchena, Presidential Guard commander Major General Adan Caceres and personal assistant Carlos Pared Perez.