Hey mate, seriously, if you don't know someone connected no way you can make it with a wife and a child, not here in CR at least, Panama is not that different. Costs with supporting your family might go up to $3k a month and starting salary here for you will be $1000 a month, if lucky enough to find someone that hires w/o papers, which is very rare nowdays. The move you want to make is not right for someone who has a family depending on him, if you were a single guy I'd say to you try, but wife and kid in the middle, not worth it.