Talk:José María Figueres

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The achievements section is awash with impartial adverbs. This was obviously written by a Costa Rican supporter. While these things might be true, we must maintain NPOV here. Wuapinmon 18:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Puff piece

As it stands, the current article is essentially a puff piece. A random sample: "Figueres established an integrated political platform based on the principles of sustainability, capable of generating improved competitive advantages for Costa Rica in the process of economic globalization."

Extensive editing is needed to bring this to the usual Wikipedia standards for a political biography. I have added a brief and neutral discussion of the fact that before his election Figueres was very publicly accused of having murdered a petty drug dealer when he was a 19-year old police lieutenant and his father was President. I've also mentioned that he had to resign as CEO of the World Economic Forum for having accepted private consulting fees (from a group that was tied to a bribery scandal to enveloped to other former presidents of Costa Rica). -- Eb.hoop 19:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed POV

Removed POV after having done extensive editing and neutralization of article. Advised user Eb.hoop of the clean up on his discussion page and left POV for 3 weeks before removing it. Brioni 5 February, 2008.