HISTORICAL FACTS: Belo horizonte - Caught on Camera

Man sells belongings, travels 1,200 miles to see his dream girl. Then he finds out she doesn’t even exist: ‘gain engagement for sale’

She claims she never spoke to him.

We Got This Covered · Oct 21

Brazilian man sells belongings, travels 2,000 km to meet woman he hoped to marry, but she was not real

A Brazilian bricklayer sold his belongings and travelled nearly 2,000 km to meet a woman he believed was his future wife, only to discover that she was an AI-generated character on TikTok. Edimar Martins, 49, ran out of money after failing to find her and received assistance to return home.…

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Creator of AI 'Woman' Calls Brazilian Man's 1,200-Mile Love Quest a 'Lie' After He Sold Everything for Her

Edimar Rocha Martins travelled 2,100km across Brazil after believing an AI-generated TikTok persona had invited him to live on her farm, only to discover she did not exist.

International Business Times UK · Oct 19

In 1991, Curitiba began exchanging recyclables for bus tokens and food. 35 years later, the city recycles 70% of its waste while creating jobs and supporting families

In Curitiba, Brazil, residents can exchange recyclable waste for fresh food. Other cities have found different uses for what people throw away. Belo Horizonte has brought waste pickers into formal recycling systems. Bogotá captures landfill methane to produce energy. These programs reveal a practical shift in urban waste management: garbage…

The Economic Times · Sep 1

Mass brawl leads to 23 red cards for Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro players in Brazil

A mass brawl led to red cards for 23 players after clashes in the Campeonato Mineiro final in Belo Horizonte

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

‘This is your mission’: why one Brazilian doctor is training to be a shaman

Adana Omágua Kambeba fought to become one of the country’s first Indigenous woman doctors. Now she wants to bring the worlds of traditional and western medicine closer – and help Amazonian communities in the process

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025

Brazil Bar Gets 24K Magic Moment With Bruno Mars Visit

Lacador, a small bar in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, has got its uptown funk on following a surprise visit by US pop hitmaker Bruno Mars.

International Business Times · Dec 20, 2024

Skin review – Brazilian city’s protest art maps out supercharged political landscape

In a wordless paean to Belo Horizonte, this film celebrates the graffiti found throughout the streets as an act of resistance against Jair Bolsonaro

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023

Mum says surgeon tried to stitch baby's head back on after decapitation during birth

The family have accused doctors at Hospital das Clinicas in Belo Horizonte, the capital of southeastern Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, of attempting to cover up the stomach-churning tragedy

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2023

Model claims she was 'bullied' and kicked out of supermarket for being 'too hot'

Kerolay Chaves says she was just pushing her shopping trolley around the store but was chucked out after supermarket bosses in Belo Horizonte, Brazil claimed her clothes were "too revealing"

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2023