Brazilian water and sanitation company BRK tapped the private sector arms of the IDB Group and French development agency AFD as part of a BRL825 million ($135 million) loan package to expand access to ...

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, Maranhao, on Friday, January 10.

On January 10, the Brazilian kitesurfer, who is also a medical doctor, was surfing in the sea in Sao Luis to test a new camera. Suddenly out of the blue, he heard a voice screaming for help and then ...

Brazil’s President Luiz ... Maranhao and Goias have already passed local bills to ban such devices at schools. However, authorities have struggled to enforce these laws. Authorities in Sao ...

Brazil has now seven World Natural Heritage sites: the Iguaçu National Park, in Rio Grande do Sul; the Atlantic Forest reserves, in São Paulo and Paraná; the Discovery Coast, in Bahia and ...

São Paulo: Children in Brazil will not be able to use their mobile phones at school from next month, after President Luiz Inácio Lula ... keep track of what they do, and that restricting ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday ... making it harder for parents to keep track of what they do, and that restricting smartphones at school will help ...

One of the most striking and iconic figures to ever pull on the famous blue shirt of Chelsea was defender David Luiz. The ...

S ince leaving hospital in December, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula (pictured), has cut a smart figure. Brazil’s ...

The president of São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, has fired his country's government and its prime minister. In a statement issued on Monday, Nova accused Prime Minister Patrice Emery ...