Hernán Solano Venegas (born 1967) is a Costa Rican politician and the first Vice-Minister of Youth and current Minister of Sport.
In 1996, after moving to San José, Solano was recruited by Víctor Morales to run for President of Juventud Nacional, a branch of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC for its Spanish initials).
[1] Between 1998 and 2002, Solano was director of the Movimiento Nacional de Juventudes (National Youth Movement) and he played a crucial role in the passage of the General Law for Young People.
[1] Between 2006 and 2007, Solano wrote a column for La Prensa Libre (The Free Press, Costa Rica), titled "Visión Joven" (Young Vision).
Solano claimed that members of both parties had "a lack of shame and a loss of ethical values from the traditional politicians.