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.
Commas could have been used in the first example; a colon could have been used in the second example. The use of parentheses indicates that the writer considered the information less importantâalmost an afterthought. Rule 2a. Periods go inside parentheses only if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.