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.
Home Punctuation Parentheses and brackets ( ) [ ] Round brackets (also called parentheses, especially in American English) are mainly used to separate off information that isnât essential to the meaning of the rest of the sentence. If you removed the bracketed material the sentence would still make perfectly good sense.