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From San José to Silicon Valley: Costa Rica is emerging as a hotbed for US chips


Nurtured by Washington, multinationals and universities, the small Central American country is on its way to becoming a hub for integrated circuits

There is a lot of demand for professionals and an interest in training more people.” Herrera is the son of a beekeeper and a housewife, and grew up in an agricultural town called Naranjo, in the west of Costa Rica’s Central Valley, with his education completed exclusively at public institutions. Aerial view of the Intel factory.INTELThe Costa Rica roadmap consists of creating platforms to stimulate the numbers of professionals and technicians, together with measures to strengthen intellectual property standards, reduce bureaucratic procedures and relax immigration rules to attract specialized personnel. However, an initiative has been launched to create a center of excellence under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (Micitt) together with the National Learning Institute, a state entity for technical training and certification in subjects ranging from baking to cybersecurity.

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