The Feira Nacional de Artesanato runs 2 to 6 December 2026 at Expominas in Belo Horizonte, with over 3,000 craftspeople.

Nestled on a wide plateau surrounded by the Espinhaço Mountains in southeastern Brazil is the city of Belo Horizonte, roughly 275 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The city of 2.5 million is an ...

Belo Horizonte, the center of Brazil´s third largest metropolitan area with 6.3 million inhabitants, was chosen as the 2014 National Earth Hour Capital for its “integrated low carbon strategy, guided ...

Here are some highlights of the Food Security Program: The city subsidizes food sales in certain popular restaurants serving nutritious food to all at low prices, and catering directly to poor ...

Musicians in the Baianas Ozadas Carnival block during Belo Horizonte Carnival (Credit: Sipa US/Alamy) This year, Brazilians seem to have recognised that the heart of carnival culture is not in Rio, ...

Sorriso Maroto plays the Mineirinho outdoor area in Belo Horizonte on Saturday 14 November 2026. Tickets from R$280 (about ...

Long before ‘buy local’ became a focus of global food-policy discussions, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte was ahead of the game. In the early 1990s, many of its 2.5 million citizens were ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sprawling, cavernous mines pockmark the landscape as you come in to land at Belo Horizonte’s main airport, ...

England suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to the US in Belo Horizonte at the 1950 World Cup The England football team that recently exited the European Championships departed a major tournament to greater ...