President Compares Arias to Simpons "Mr. Burns"
It is unusual for a sitting president to enter the fray of the elections, however, president Abel Pacheco couldn't resist, making public his thoughts on Partido Liberación Nacional presidential candidate, Oscar Arias, comparing him to "Mr. Burns" of the cartoon show The Simpsons.

Of course, the president made his allusions without mentioning the name Arias, when he answered questions by reporters at the weekly press conference on the recent criticism of the Nobel Peace Prize winner (Arias was awarded the prize in 1987) that the current government has no direction and was compared to the Mexican comic, now dead, Cantiflas.

"I am not offended that I am compared to Cantiflas, I am a Godson of Cantiflas, as he was a Godfather of a generation of doctors that I belong to. Cantiflas was a great man, a great actor and defended the poor and injustices in his films", said Pacheco.

The comments by the president were met with laughter by the reporters at Casa Presidencial, not laughing at the man, but that he give such an unexpected response.

Mr Burns in the Simpson comedy is corrupt and eccentric, changing the rules of the game to his convenience.

Mr. Arias was not available for comment.