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Panama has been called Central America's next must-see destination. Long stifled by the oppressions of the Noriega dictatorship, Panama has worked tirelessly to shake off a scarring reputation. Good thing: The political instability of the Noriega years obscured the country's enviable assets, including a kaleidoscopic landscape with some of the region's most glorious Caribbean beaches, pristine rainforests, and peaks blanketed in cloud forests. The sizzling cosmopolitan capital of Panama City has been compared to Miami or Hong Kong. Better yet, Panama is relatively free of tourists -- for now. Panama City bustles as a thriving commercial hub where modern skyscrapers and architect Frank Gehry's Biodiversity Museum share sightlines with 18th-century architecture. Col贸n is a large duty-free zone, but the city struggles with poverty and crime. Opt instead to see El Valle de Ant贸n, a locale abloom with flowers nestled in the crater of the world's second-largest extinct volcano and ringed by steep, verdant peaks.
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