Tag: #CostaRica
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Booze spiked with methanol kills 20 in Costa Rica
San José, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Twenty people have died in recent days in Costa Rica after drinking alcohol spiked with methanol, the health ministry said Saturday. Health authorities have been on alert since early October, when the first deaths related to the tainted alcohol were reported in the La Carpio area of western San Jose. There…
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Costa Rica converts island prison into tourist attraction
Isla San Lucas, Costa Rica, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Despite the country’s coronavirus lockdown, Costa Rica’s island of San Lucas, a former penal colony with a dark history, has been newly converted into a tourist paradise, albeit with strict pandemic protocols in place. Something of Costa Rica’s own version of Alcatraz, the island was once home to…
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USA Soccer cancels plans for men’s team to train in Doha
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): The US Soccer Federation said Friday it had cancelled plans for the men’s national team to train in Doha, Qatar, this month “due to the developing situation in the region.” The decision was announced after the United States assassinated top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in an air…