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.
I'll do what I can though. Punctuation on quotation marks: There is one rule that is always the case. I can't ever remember the rules for quotation mark punctuation, he said gloomily. I can't ever remember the rules for quotation mark punctuation!. For direct quotes like the above, the punctuation goes inside. What is a matter of some debate is what to do about fragments, indirect quotes, and the like. Let me show you what I mean. I can't stand all this ambiguity over whether punctuation marks go inside a quote or outside!