Chica de Chiriqui Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Notice this blog post is from today, 22 October 2015http://richarddetrich.com/2015/10/22/good-reasons-to-come-to-panama/...SafetyPanama is one of the safest countries in Latin America for tourists. Tourism crime especially is low. You won’t have to be constantly on your guard for pick-pockets or purse snatchers like in other countries in the region. Foreign residents will tell you how safe they feel in Panama compared to other countries in the region and it is only getting better. Under the new Varela government, effective measures are being taken that have already reduced crimes in general by 28%.... Edited October 22, 2015 by Admin_01 edited to clean up formatting attributes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Tosch Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 it is largely accurate. Consider the standard set. Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, we are focused on recent crime here locally. Argentina and Brasil are teetering on economic collapse, the highest murder rates in the world are all around us. I don't know of much tourism related crime in Panama. But, I'll listen if you say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chica de Chiriqui Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Largely accurate, like sorta pregnant? Under the new Varela government, effective measures are being taken that have already reduced crimes in general by 28%. Edited October 22, 2015 by Chica de Chiriqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) In the same post the writer says Panama offers free health insurance for tourists (not anymore), that tap water is safe to drink (not everywhere and not always), that most Panamanians speak English (not in my experience), that the infrastructure is first rate (tell that to those living remotely), and that Punta Pacifica Hospital is ranked in the top five hospitals in world (according o whom?). Not a whole lot of credibility here. Edited October 22, 2015 by Bonnie punctuation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chica de Chiriqui Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 I'm frankly surprised they didn't use the usual deception that the David airport will have direct flights to the U.S. very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Tosch Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 now you are onto something. When I first came here Panama was famous for the cleanest water in the world. There were signs everywhere. However, remember when we talk about Latin America, Panama, especially after Martinelli spent ten billion dollars, has pretty spectacular infrastructure compared to....? It is always compared to Latin America, a rapidly deteriorating disaster area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 This is wrong on so many levels it should be criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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