Alex, check out Escape from America Magazine
www.escapefromamerica.com. It's a pretty informative publication aimed at expats. Also International Living. It's a bit more commercial aimed largely at real estate in various expat targets. As I understand it, Costa Rica has reached their threshold for tolerance of US expats and is actually rolling back their pensionado laws. What I like about Panama is:
- Where Costa Rica was twenty years ago (USified).
- Panama Canal pumps a $billion per year largely going to infrastructure.
- Boquete has been rated top of the list for us expatriation for several years. Plus I've visited there to confirm what I've seen in the media.
Been to Costa Rica, but it's been years. Ecuador is really coming on strong. There's a piece of coast on the northwest side that has just become reachable due to the highway from Quito being resurfaced and widened.