Agencia Brasil

UNESCO recognizes Artisanal Minas cheese as intangible heritage

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Wednesday (Dec. 4) the inclusion of the method of making Artisanal Minas Cheese on the Representative List of ...
The Economist

Travel Brazil’s mirror-state to see the country’s future

Minas Gerais, the second-most populous of Brazil’s 27 states, is often overlooked. It should not be. The geography and ethnic make-up of Minas, as the state is known, reflect Brazil’s. In the south, ...
Los Angeles Times

Brazil’s Minas Gerais state hit by more rain as flooding death toll rises to 53

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fifty-three people have died in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state from flooding and landslides that began Monday, with ...
Agencia Brasil

Anglo American slurry pipeline burst pollutes Minas Gerais river

A slurry pipeline of British mining company Anglo American ruptured in Minas Gerais, discharging iron ore into the water stream that feeds the municipality of Santo Antônio do Grama (population: 4.2 ...
The Guardian

‘A coin flip’: on the campaign trail as Brazil’s far right edges back to power

Neck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbing A giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated ...