Re: safety issues for travel to Costa Rica and Panama

RNM (pantek@cwp.net.pa)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:50:10 -0500

>I will be spending 2 weeks in Costa Rica and Panama at the end of February
>and am trying to do some background information. I noticed on the US State
>Department listings that there have been some incidents of violence
>against tourists, including robbery by taxi drivers and rape incidents.
>Having not been there in 5 years (when it seemed like it was relatively
>safe), I'm wondering if conditions have changed since then or how much
>credence to give to what I read. If anybody in either country (or whom has
>been there recently) has any information to pass on to me, I would be most
>grateful.

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Hey this is interesting. Could you tell me the web site you saw this report?

I live in Panama and even though I see in the news violent crimes every now
and then, I do not know that Panama's crime rate is higher than other
places or that it merits being placed in a "dangerous" list of sorts, such
as the one you mention.

Yours truly, Roberto N Mendez / Panama

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