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Ronald Solís Bolaños
Ronald Solís Bolaños
Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
	In office; 2006–2010
Constituency	San José, Costa Rica
Personal details
Political party	Citizens' Action Party
Profession	Businessman, politician

Ronald Solís Bolaños is a Costa Rican businessman and politician. He served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly.

Biographic information

Solís Bolaños runs an agricultural business.^[1] He was Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce For Costa Rica (Cámara Empresarios Pro Costa Rica).^[2]

Solís Bolaños supported creating a national referendum for the Central American Free Trade Agreement. He opposed its ratification.^[2]

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.^[3] He cited the case of Walmart as an example, saying their prices were artificial and led to lower prices for domestic products, such as beef.^[3]

Run for president

Solís Bolaños began his campaign to be PAC's presidential candidate in February 2013.^[4] 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.^[1] Solís Bolaños also supported creating a voting block alliance with other parties, which many members of PAC disagreed with.^[1]

As he opened his campaign, Solís Bolaños expressed his displeasure with the Chinchilla administration and his approval of PAC's primary's democratic system.^[4] He ran against Epsy Campbell Barr, Juan Carlos Mendoza, and Luis Guillermo Solís. Solís Bolaños received only 4% of the PAC's votes and conceded to Luis Guillermo Solís who went on to win the election. He remains a member of PAC.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Francia, Fernando (3 October 2013). "Ronald Solís: Que 80 delegados definan candidato sería peligroso". El Pais (in Spanish). San Jose. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Solís Bolaños, Ronald. "Sin TLC o con TLC: ¿País soberano o colonia?" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Jiménez, Ivonne (24 February 2000). "Costa Rica, ¿y el Plan Escudo?: indefensión de productores y consumidores". Fundación para la Integración latinoamericana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Delgado, Gustavo (24 June 2013). "DECISIÓN 2014: Ronald Solís Bolaños". Cámara Nacional de Radio de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2014.