Some countries have not yet jumped on the nanotech bandwagon, but Costa Rica isn't one of them: "Nanotechnology research in Latin America has received a boost with the inauguration of the National Laboratory for Nanotechnology, Microsensors and Advanced Materials (Lanotec) in Costa Rica….'The development of nanotechnology is very important for the technological development of Costa Rica,' says [Jeannette] Benavides…"
