However all of them positive. Panama, because of all the influence the US presence in its history, looks and feels more than a US city. You'll find bigger roads, more similarities in the infrastructures, taller buildings, etc. Costa Rica is more a typical Latin American city.
In a sentence containing a parenthetical expression, any punctuation belonging to the main sentence goes outside the parentheses. Incorrect: It was a real heat wave (five days over 100!) Correct: It was a real heat wave (five days over 100)! Correct: We saw Jerry, Ed (Tom's brother), and Julius there last night.
Punctuation and parentheses. If the text within the parentheses is syntactically integrated with the surrounding sentence, keep the end punctuation outside the parenthesesâfor example: Punctuating parentheses is easy (if you know where to put the period). But parenthetical information does not always have to be syntactically integrated.