Tag: Centuries ago

Lava-loving tourists flock to active Nicaragua volcano

by Blanca MOREL MASAYA , Nicaragua (AFP) — Centuries ago, a native Central American people terrified of a witch believed to live deep in the earth used to sacrifice children and young women to Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano. Today, the crater southwest of the capital Managua is an international tourist magnet, where photo-snapping visitors scramble among sulfurous fumes to get views of its bubbling lava — a rare sight. The only volcanoes in the world to […]