This is the heroic moment when Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo rescued a teenage girl who was drowning at a beach in Brazil. Lobo, an experienced kitesurfer and orthopaedic surgeon, had just set out to test new video equipment when he heard cries for help at Praia do Olho in Sao Luis,

Like most anyone who lives in the oases at the heart of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, a sprawling field of bone-white sand dunes and cerulean lagoons, Cassio José França Souza can identify his friends and family by their footprints.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations.

The Brazilian Olympic sailor used his kite equipment to save a young woman who drowned in the open waters of São Luís, in his home country, on

Brazilian Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo saves 15-year-old girl from drowning in rough waters at Praia do Olho.