Ronald Solís Bolaños is a

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n businessman and politician. He served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly.

Biographic information

Solís Bolaños runs an agricultural business. He was Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce For Costa Rica (Cámara Empresarios Pro Costa Rica). Solís Bolaños supported creating a national referendum for the Central American Free Trade Agreement. He opposed its ratification.

Deputy

As a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials), Solís Bolaños became a deputy for the 2006 to 2010 legislative session. He remained a critic of CAFTA, claiming that profits stay within companies that open branches in Costa Rica, rather than remaining with the citizens of the country or the workers. He cited the case of

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as an example, saying their prices were artificial and led to lower prices for domestic products, such as beef.

Run for president

Solís Bolaños began his campaign to be PAC's presidential candidate in February 2013. Although he remained a member of the party, he expressed displeasure with the PAC's internal elections process. He disagreed that a group of 80 assemblymen and women elected the presidential candidate, saying that the internal voting should be open to all PAC party members. Solís Bolaños also supported creating a

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alliance with other parties, which many members of PAC disagreed with. As he opened his campaign, Solís Bolaños expressed his displeasure with the Chinchilla administration and his approval of PAC's primary's democratic system. He ran against

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, Juan Carlos Mendoza, and

Luis Guillermo Solís Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (; born 25 April 1958) is a Costa Rican politician and educator who was the 47th President of Costa Rica from 2014 to 2018. He is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC). Solís led the field in the 2014 pre ...

. Solís Bolaños received only 4% of the PAC's votes and conceded to

who went on to win the election. He remains a member of PAC.

References

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