<?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: Competitiveness, foreign investment suffering due to high electricity costs</title> <atom:link href="https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/19/competitiveness-foreign-investment-suffering-due-to-high-electricity-costs/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/19/competitiveness-foreign-investment-suffering-due-to-high-electricity-costs/</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: mhogan</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/19/competitiveness-foreign-investment-suffering-due-to-high-electricity-costs/#comment-4739</link> <dc:creator>mhogan</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9131#comment-4739</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ya think &quot;foreign investors&quot; might be getting a little antsy at the upcoming &quot;augmentation of salaries&quot; and rising costs of EVERYTHING here?  And how about the lackluster coverage on Costa Rica&#039;s economy and the &quot;data error&quot; prompting revision of GDP forecast (downward)?  Marching in protest with flags and cute slogans ain&#039;t gonna fix what&#039;s wrong here. A little transparency might help.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya think &#8220;foreign investors&#8221; might be getting a little antsy at the upcoming &#8220;augmentation of salaries&#8221; and rising costs of EVERYTHING here?  And how about the lackluster coverage on Costa Rica&#8217;s economy and the &#8220;data error&#8221; prompting revision of GDP forecast (downward)?  Marching in protest with flags and cute slogans ain&#8217;t gonna fix what&#8217;s wrong here.<br /> A little transparency might help.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: georgechapogas</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2013/06/19/competitiveness-foreign-investment-suffering-due-to-high-electricity-costs/#comment-4738</link> <dc:creator>georgechapogas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9131#comment-4738</guid> <description><![CDATA[of course the repelling of foreign investment would have nothing to do with the underwater nature of government expenditure, the lack of respect of law by reneging on contracts every time a bunch of stinking hippies from the university decide to march around like morons and the stated purpose of trying to relieve as many people as possible of their money because &quot;they don&#039;t need it&quot;. nahhhhh it is all due high energy costs. other than fast food out lets every foreign business and many expats are looking for ways out, not ways in. the exact same situation applies to the USA. for the record it is not right or left, it is math, the government of any country does not do math, they do confiscation, they do force, they have an ideal, they pursue it, then whine about the unintended consequences.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>of course the repelling of foreign investment would have nothing to do with the underwater nature of government expenditure, the lack of respect of law by reneging on contracts every time a bunch of stinking hippies from the university decide to march around like morons and the stated purpose of trying to relieve as many people as possible of their money because &#8220;they don&#8217;t need it&#8221;. nahhhhh it is all due high energy costs. other than fast food out lets every foreign business and many expats are looking for ways out, not ways in. the exact same situation applies to the USA. for the record it is not right or left, it is math, the government of any country does not do math, they do confiscation, they do force, they have an ideal, they pursue it, then whine about the unintended consequences.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>