Costa Rica Rides High-Tech Wave. U.S. firms are drawn by the country’s lower costs, educated and bilingual workforce, political stability, tax breaks and proximity.

“The crates that leave this Central American nation these days are more likely to be stuffed with microchips and telecom components than the bananas that once represented Costa Rica’s plantation economy.

With little fanfare, Costa Rica has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investment from some of the best-known names in technology, including Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp.”

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