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Bom Dia from Belo

By Neil Pendock | 4 October 2007

Belo Horizonte is the Johannesburg of Brazil. They’re about the same size (metropolitan BH is home to around 5 million rainbow souls) and both date from the late 19th century. Both have more fashionable twins (Rio and Cape Town) on the coast and mining is the business of both. But that’s where the similarities end. Brazil is seriously different and even buying a bottle of wine in a supermarket brings that point home. Read More…