The president of Portugal has rescued two women who were struggling in the water after their canoe capsized off a beach in the Algarve. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 71, was filmed on Saturday (15.08.2020) swimming out to the two women after their canoe tipped over off the Praia do Alvor beach in the Algarve. The president, who was on holiday in the region in an attempt to re-energise the country's tourism sector, told reporters that the women had been caught in a current at a nearby beach before being swept into Praia do Alvor.
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