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Missing US hiker Cody Dial’s parents submit DNA to investigators

Police spoke plainly about the theory that the remains belong to Cody Dial, who went missing in the national park in July 2014, but a DNA test that would confirm to whom the bones belong is still weeks away.

Missing US hiker Cody Dial’s passport found with human remains in Corcovado National Park

A criminal investigation has been underway for several months but OIJ officials said the location of the body makes foul play unlikely.

Human remains in Corcovado could belong to missing US hiker Cody Dial

Police say it is "very likely" that human remains found in Corcovado National Park belong to U.S. hiker Cody Dial, 27, who has been missing since 2014.

Body of missing surfer found off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

The body of missing surfer Ricardo Andrés González, 22, was found by relatives and authorities on Tuesday after he disappeared off the coast of Caldera in Costa Rica last weekend.

Costa Rican surfer disappears off Pacific coast

Red Cross authorities say that a local surfer went missing off the coast of Caldera on the central Pacific coast Friday afternoon and has not been found.

UPDATE: Red Cross locates US cyclist who went missing during Costa Rica’s Ruta de los Conquistadores

Organizers of Costa Rica's grueling cross-country bike race Ruta de los Conquistadores are reporting that a Red Cross patrol has located U.S. cyclist Mark Lyons of Denver, Colorado. He reportedly is in good condition.
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Constitutional Court Upholds Cocos Island National Park Expansion

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) annouced the Constitutional Court rejected the action filed by...

Expat Living: Our Many Houses in Costa Rica

As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on...

Chaves Suggests “Lobbying” Behind Norway’s Refusal to Help

President Rodrigo Chaves insinuated that Norway was influenced by "lobbying" in rejecting Costa Rica's request for cooperation to calculate the value of alleged natural...