I am just not believing that Starbucks might open a store in Panama or possibly Boquete.  Please say it ain’t so.

Hundreds of coffee shops to be opened in Brazil and, with Alsea, in Mexico and Argentina

Starbucks laid out its expansion plans for Latin America. The company, which operates more than 560 shops in the region, will open its first Costa Rica shop today. It plans to open “several hundred stores” in Brazil in the next five years. And along with joint-venture partner Alsea, expects to add more than 300 new stores in Argentina and Mexico by 2015, Reuters reports.

Earlier this month, Starbucks opened a farmer support center in Manizales, Colombia aimed at helping local growers improve coffee quality and yield.

Colombia, the world’s top producer of high-quality Arabica beans favored by Starbucks and other premium coffee sellers, has been struggling with a production slump caused by months of heavy rains.