Costa Rica

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 file photo, Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais practices for a World Surf League competition at Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, Calif. Portugal's Olympic team says that surfer Frederico Morais will miss the Games after having tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated. The team says that Morais won’t travel to Tokyo on Friday, July 23, 2021 as planned. The 29-year-old Morais qualified for the Games after finishing as the top-ranked European surfer at the 2019 World Surfing Games held in Japan. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Alternate Olympic surfer: Rival 'selfish' for COVID report

By Sally Ho Jul. 26, 2021 09:29 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden outlines vaccine plan, set to miss global-sharing goal

By Zeke Miller Jun. 21, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

United States Sebastian Lletget, right. battles for the ball with Costa Rica's Yeltsin Tejeda, in the first half during an international friendly soccer match Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

US routs Costa Rica 4-0 to finish 4-game, 11-day stretch

Jun. 09, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

Costa Rica's Keysher Fuller (4) and Mexico's Héctor Moreno (15) go after the ball during the first half of a CONCACAF Nations League soccer semifinal Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Siebatcheu scores to lift US over Honduras in Nations League

Jun. 03, 2021 09:44 PM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the launch of National Land Use, Land Cover, and Ecosystems Monitoring System (SIMOCUTE), Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in San Jose, Costa Rica. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruption

By Ben Fox Jun. 02, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

Seattle Sounders forward Fredy Montero, center, works for the ball against San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Jackson Yueill (14) and midfielder Shea Salinas during the second half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. The Sounders won 1-0. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

MLS players gear up for busy summer of international duty

By Anne M. Peterson May. 27, 2021 07:36 PM EDT

Sergio Valverde Espinoza, a Catholic priest of the Cristo Rey church who modified a popular song called "Sopa de Caracol," or Snail Soup in English, gestures during a Mass in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Valverde changed the song's lyrics to a message calling for the use of face masks and care during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Costa Rica priest sings public health message amid pandemic

By Javier Cordoba May. 03, 2021 06:41 PM EDT

Costa Rica tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge

Apr. 29, 2021 07:25 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A record surge in COVID-19 infections in Costa Rica forced the government to announce new restrictions Thursday that will dial back...

A healthcare worker transfers a patient suspected of having COVID-19 from an ambulance into the HRAN public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Wash. state alters vaccine system as demand ebbs

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Ferreira lifts US over Costa Rica 1-0 in Olympic qualifying

By The Associated Press Mar. 18, 2021 07:33 PM EDT
The United States managed to open the delayed Olympic men's soccer qualifying tournament with a win despite not playing well. Jesús...

Tents stand at a migrant camp amid the new coronavirus pandemic in San Vicente, Darien province, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Panama is allowing hundreds of migrants stranded because of the pandemic, to move to the border with Costa Rica, after just reopening its land borders. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Migration through Panama resumes after pandemic lockdown

By Juan Zamorano Feb. 10, 2021 12:57 PM EST

Coronavirus puts Honduras' coffee harvest in jeopardy

By Marlon González And Javier Cordoba Dec. 31, 2020 03:19 PM EST
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is threatening Honduras’ coffee harvest by keeping Hondurans who would normally travel for the work at...

El Salvador midfielder Denis Pineda (8) and U.S. defender Aaron Long, rear, vie for the ball during the second half of an international friendly soccer match Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Mueller scores twice, US routs El Salvador 6-0 in exhibition

Dec. 09, 2020 09:42 PM EST

Juventus' McKennie, left, and Sampdoria's Federico Bonazzoli in action during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sampdoria at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

US men's soccer won't play in October; 3-match max in 2020

Sep. 22, 2020 11:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: "The state did it," during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children's Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their country's security forces during anti-government protests from April to August 2018 testified in San Jose, Costa Rica to a panel of legal and psychological experts the week of Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaraguans testify of abuses in crackdown on protests

Sep. 11, 2020 12:02 PM EDT

North American qualifying for 2022 World Cup delayed

Sep. 08, 2020 02:53 PM EDT
ZURICH (AP) — The start of World Cup qualifying for lower-ranked teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean was postponed Tuesday until next year,...

Costa Rica counts some COVID-19 cases without tests

By Javier Cordoba Aug. 27, 2020 03:08 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica has adopted a less strict method of counting people infected with the new coronavirus, suddenly adding thousands of new...

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., greeting each other with an elbow bump after a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus, Friday, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Hawaii sees 98% drop in tourist arrivals in July

By The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2020 01:37 AM EDT