Yet, you’ll read paradisaical prose on FR from expats in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Panama, Mexico, etc., who never seem to think that their world can blow up.
Yes I’ve read quite a few reports from people on this site, who have retired outside the US.
They are dependent on the stability of the countries they have settled in.
Some of the others need to be considered very carefully, particularly if they have a history of flirtation with Communism within the last 50 years or so . . . which pretty much describes Nicaragua.
If you still insist on going to such places, then rent, don't buy. Let your local landlord take the risk of when TSHTF.
Sadly, the last bit of advice would apply to more than a few places in the USA as well.
I won't retire to anywhere I can't be armed the way I am now. Hell, I'm loathe to even go to states where I can't be armed. Right now, New Mexico has pretty favorable gun laws, but things may (probably will) change if Lujan-Grisham gets in as our Gov in the fall, as the Donks own the house and senate here, and have attempted gun grabs in the past.
I’d go to Poland. The only thing I’d have to worry about is a Russian invasion. ;)