Panama has dengue because Strongman Torillos brought in Ortega's Nicaraguan troops that had been loaned to Castro for fighting in West Africa's Angola. Dengue's horrible. They call it 'break-bone-fever' because it's so friggin' painful.
When I went to Southeast Asia and Hawaii I brought my handy dandy 100% deet mosquito repellent. My (green) friends had this natural lemon stuff that didn't work. I did not one get bite, they on the other hand......