<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Solis, unchallenged, wins Costa Rican presidency</title> <atom:link href="https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/</link> <description>Costa Rica&#039;s Leading English Language News Source</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2</generator> <item><title>By: Carlo Latini</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7235</link> <dc:creator>Carlo Latini</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7235</guid> <description><![CDATA[You&#039;re using an Italian name, are you not one? http://www.archives.com/1940-census/joseph-mata-pa-72528302You&#039;re probably too stupid to know what an anonymat is. You&#039;re not an academy grad. most wouldn&#039;t lower themselves to post as you post. American Ged at best.Here  is what your liberals did to the American fighting man.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8972431/Women-sailors-share-first-gay-kiss-in-US-Navy.html]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re using an Italian name, are you not one?<br /> <a href="http://www.archives.com/1940-census/joseph-mata-pa-72528302" rel="nofollow">http://www.archives.com/1940-census/joseph-mata-pa-72528302</a></p><p>You&#8217;re probably too stupid to know what an anonymat is. You&#8217;re not an academy grad. most wouldn&#8217;t lower themselves to post as you post. American Ged at best.</p><p>Here  is what your liberals did to the American fighting man.</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8972431/Women-sailors-share-first-gay-kiss-in-US-Navy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8972431/Women-sailors-share-first-gay-kiss-in-US-Navy.html</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Karen Mata</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7234</link> <dc:creator>Karen Mata</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7234</guid> <description><![CDATA[Love it.  I just use a guinea name, but I&#039;m not one. Rest my case.You gave yourself a thumbs up too.  I guess that wasn&#039;t you either.While you are consumed by us, we really aren&#039;t even aware of your ilk.Enjoy your freedoms while in CR, and elsewhere, sir.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love it.  I just use a guinea name, but I&#8217;m not one.<br /> Rest my case.</p><p>You gave yourself a thumbs up too.  I guess that wasn&#8217;t you either.</p><p>While you are consumed by us, we really aren&#8217;t even aware of your ilk.</p><p>Enjoy your freedoms while in CR, and elsewhere, sir.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Carlo Latini</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7233</link> <dc:creator>Carlo Latini</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7233</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actually you nitwit, I&#039;m not Italian, I am using my Foreign Legion &quot;Anonymat&quot; as a screen name. Service academy graduate? Sort of like that freak of nature from Annapolis &quot;Horrible Holly Graf&quot; or the adulteress Paula Broadwell that took Gen, Petraeus down. You&#039;re just another bimbo who because of your gender was admitted to  a service academy at the expense of the American taxpayer. Bimbos or freaks of nature like you shouldn&#039;t even be allowed to serve, you&#039;re nothing but problems, Google &quot;Paula Coughlin tailhook scandal.&quot; As for Americans winning wars, don&#039;t make me laugh, they haven&#039;t won a war since WW2. Oh! I forget, they did kick the asses of those 200 Cuban construction workers in Grenada.JaJaJa. Americans will never fight anyone who can fight back, they&#039;ve sacrificed courage for technology, not to mention Morals,ethics, etc. CIA torture anyone? Any country that would allow it&#039;s only friend in the Middle East to murder 34 of it&#039;s Sailors in the USS Liberty is morally bankrupt. No need to reply bimbo.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually you nitwit, I&#8217;m not Italian, I am using my Foreign Legion &#8220;Anonymat&#8221; as a screen name. Service academy graduate? Sort of like that freak of nature from Annapolis &#8220;Horrible Holly Graf&#8221; or the adulteress Paula Broadwell that took Gen, Petraeus down. You&#8217;re just another bimbo who because of your gender was admitted to  a service academy at the expense of the American taxpayer. Bimbos or freaks of nature like you shouldn&#8217;t even be allowed to serve, you&#8217;re nothing but problems, Google &#8220;Paula Coughlin tailhook scandal.&#8221; As for Americans winning wars, don&#8217;t make me laugh, they haven&#8217;t won a war since WW2. Oh! I forget, they did kick the asses of those 200 Cuban construction workers in Grenada.JaJaJa. Americans will never fight anyone who can fight back, they&#8217;ve sacrificed courage for technology, not to mention Morals,ethics, etc. CIA torture anyone? Any country that would allow it&#8217;s only friend in the Middle East to murder 34 of it&#8217;s Sailors in the USS Liberty is morally bankrupt. No need to reply bimbo.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Karen Mata</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7225</link> <dc:creator>Karen Mata</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7225</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carlo,  you&#039;re Italian....way to easy. Shouldn&#039;t respond, but will.Who do you think has been propping up CR over the past 50 plus years (paying off their bonds when they&#039;re ready to default, covering their back militarily, and trying our best to nurture their vision of democracy) so pathetic guineas like you can pop off??Have you figured out what side you&#039;re on following WWII??  I know whoever is winning... As eytyes, you&#039;re masters of cutting and running, while soiling yourselves, so tell us about it.I&#039;m a service academy grad from the US. We still kick ass and take names while your likes squat to piss.  We know first hand how your military cried like girls while losing the war, and couldn&#039;t surrender fast enough.The question is do you get it dago???ps thanks for responding]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carlo,  you&#8217;re Italian&#8230;.way to easy.<br /> Shouldn&#8217;t respond, but will.</p><p>Who do you think has been propping up CR over the past 50 plus years (paying off their bonds when they&#8217;re ready to default, covering their back militarily, and trying our best to nurture their vision of democracy) so pathetic guineas like you can pop off??</p><p>Have you figured out what side you&#8217;re on following WWII??  I know whoever is winning&#8230; As eytyes, you&#8217;re masters of cutting and running, while soiling yourselves, so tell us about it.</p><p> I&#8217;m a service academy grad from the US. We still kick ass and take names while your likes squat to piss.  We know first hand how your military cried like girls while losing the war, and couldn&#8217;t surrender fast enough.</p><p>The question is do you get it dago???</p><p>ps thanks for responding</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Carlo Latini</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7222</link> <dc:creator>Carlo Latini</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7222</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, as the old saying goes, don&#039;t let the door hit you in the.........well you get it.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, as the old saying goes, don&#8217;t let the door hit you in the&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;well you get it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: expatin paradise</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7209</link> <dc:creator>expatin paradise</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7209</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s hope that Solis makes good on his promises.  Corruption of many types - direct bribes, kick-backs, direct complicity by government officials in criminal activity, falsification of work hours by government officials who spend work hours attending to personal affairs, under-reporting income or the value of assets, and various other forms - is rampant in Costa Rican government.  Income inequity has been part of the societal structure since the first families came here, an extension of Spanish feudalism with a few masters and many peons living at subsistence levels.There are many infrastructure needs, and the country cannot keep borrowing, so the money will have to come from those who can afford to pay.  Consumer taxes (sales tax, value-added tax, tax on gasoline) hit the poor too hard, so other taxes must be collected.  The first step is enforcement of existing taxes, making sure that real income is fully reported and that assets subject to taxation are properly valued.  To accomplish this will probably require more tax auditors and tax assessors who place value on real estate rather than relying on owners to assess the value of their property.The new president has his work cut out for him.  Let&#039;s hope that he is up to it.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s hope that Solis makes good on his promises.  Corruption of many types &#8211; direct bribes, kick-backs, direct complicity by government officials in criminal activity, falsification of work hours by government officials who spend work hours attending to personal affairs, under-reporting income or the value of assets, and various other forms &#8211; is rampant in Costa Rican government.  Income inequity has been part of the societal structure since the first families came here, an extension of Spanish feudalism with a few masters and many peons living at subsistence levels.</p><p>There are many infrastructure needs, and the country cannot keep borrowing, so the money will have to come from those who can afford to pay.  Consumer taxes (sales tax, value-added tax, tax on gasoline) hit the poor too hard, so other taxes must be collected.  The first step is enforcement of existing taxes, making sure that real income is fully reported and that assets subject to taxation are properly valued.  To accomplish this will probably require more tax auditors and tax assessors who place value on real estate rather than relying on owners to assess the value of their property.</p><p>The new president has his work cut out for him.  Let&#8217;s hope that he is up to it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Karen Mata</title><link>https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/04/07/solis-unchallenged-wins-costa-rican-presidency/#comment-7208</link> <dc:creator>Karen Mata</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14220#comment-7208</guid> <description><![CDATA[Aren&#039;t all Jamaicans centrists?Time to cut and run boys and girls.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aren&#8217;t all Jamaicans centrists?</p><p>Time to cut and run boys and girls.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>