<?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: Costa Rica joins Pacific Alliance</title> <atom:link href="https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/</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: Marcel M. Pfister</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4641</link> <dc:creator>Marcel M. Pfister</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4641</guid> <description><![CDATA[&quot;Congress must still ratify the FTA as well as the Pacific Alliance framework...&quot;. Congress? Which congress? Our unicameral parliament is called National Assembly !]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Congress must still ratify the FTA as well as the Pacific Alliance framework&#8230;&#8221;. Congress? Which congress? Our unicameral parliament is called National Assembly !</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: georgechapogas</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4623</link> <dc:creator>georgechapogas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4623</guid> <description><![CDATA[yeah, we went to work in business, made a pile and quit because of your stupid stinking hippie taxes. losers like you are why i fired everyone and retired at 46. you need us, we have no need for stinking hippies. so fine. you run stuff. you have been running stuff. every government office and school is full of you stinking hippies. you are doing a great job NOT!. stupidity knows no color moron. why would i get on board with stupid people like you? i don&#039;t need you. i made mine, you stinking hippies will never make a thing. ignorant stupid collectivist losers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah, we went to work in business, made a pile and quit because of your stupid stinking hippie taxes. losers like you are why i fired everyone and retired at 46. you need us, we have no need for stinking hippies. so fine. you run stuff. you have been running stuff. every government office and school is full of you stinking hippies. you are doing a great job NOT!. stupidity knows no color moron. why would i get on board with stupid people like you? i don&#8217;t need you. i made mine, you stinking hippies will never make a thing. ignorant stupid collectivist losers.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Mike Shannon</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4622</link> <dc:creator>Mike Shannon</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4622</guid> <description><![CDATA[weren&#039;t there conservative young people in the 60&#039;s too. aren&#039;t they old now? where are they? where did they go? why aren&#039;t THEY running the country?... oh yeah... not enough VOTES. shout at the rain all you want - but the days when it was good to be American (= white, straight, christian &amp; male) are long long gone and they&#039;re not coming back. get on board, or enjoy your extinction.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>weren&#8217;t there conservative young people in the 60&#8242;s too. aren&#8217;t they old now? where are they? where did they go? why aren&#8217;t THEY running the country?&#8230; oh yeah&#8230; not enough VOTES. shout at the rain all you want &#8211; but the days when it was good to be American (= white, straight, christian &amp; male) are long long gone and they&#8217;re not coming back. get on board, or enjoy your extinction.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: georgechapogas</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4505</link> <dc:creator>georgechapogas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4505</guid> <description><![CDATA[same people, now they are old, running the country and bankrupting the country and stealing from their kids.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>same people, now they are old, running the country and bankrupting the country and stealing from their kids.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: john anthony</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4504</link> <dc:creator>john anthony</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4504</guid> <description><![CDATA[The stinking hippies in the USA?  Like the ones at Woodstock?  Wow man!! Peace.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The stinking hippies in the USA?  Like the ones at Woodstock?  Wow man!! Peace.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: georgechapogas</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4502</link> <dc:creator>georgechapogas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4502</guid> <description><![CDATA[that only happens in countries where actual free trade exists. but the stinking hippies in the USA are trying to change that too. protectionism the likes of which Costa Rica and many countries have practiced makes poverty a certainty. so naturally the USA is following that route as a welfare state trying to make everyone poor so there is more need for government.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that only happens in countries where actual free trade exists. but the stinking hippies in the USA are trying to change that too. protectionism the likes of which Costa Rica and many countries have practiced makes poverty a certainty. so naturally the USA is following that route as a welfare state trying to make everyone poor so there is more need for government.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: John Dungan</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/05/24/costa-rica-joins-pacific-alliance/#comment-4501</link> <dc:creator>John Dungan</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=8433#comment-4501</guid> <description><![CDATA[France?  Portugal?  What part of the Pacific do they touch? And, it would be nice if - for a change - any Free Trade Agreement meant lower cost to consumers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>France?  Portugal?  What part of the Pacific do they touch?<br /> And, it would be nice if &#8211; for a change &#8211; any Free Trade Agreement meant lower cost to consumers.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>