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Yes, you can easily live in Panama on $2,000 per month right now. In a few years, who knows? Due to its currency Panama is certainly vulnerable to massive inflation, even more so than other countries in the region.
If you spend some time in Panama you will probably want to have a massive gate and probably even bars on the windows. Not doing so would probably make you an easy target (depending on the neighborhood). There is crime and I'm told that after a while your mind adjusts and you no longer sees the bars.
About the carbon footprint thingy, a one-way flight from Hawaii to Panama certainly has a much larger carbon footprint than living there (in a "normal" non-solar house) for 20 years.
I don't know about the mortgage requirements. But if that is the case, consider renting, it might be cheaper on a month to month basis.
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