Cataguases, Brazil

Brazil

Cataguases, Brazil carries 13 connections across 1224 other places and 6 topics, from natural environment and industry to film and architecture. A small Minas Gerais city, it hosted a regional film movement in the 1920s, when Brazilian cinema production spread to cities including Cataguases. Oscar Niemeyer and painter Cândido Portinari contributed work there. Its industrial base spans textiles and metallurgy, with coffee plantation roots in the 19th century. In 2003, a toxic chemical spill from a local industry reached the Paraíba do Sul River, affecting the water supply of more than 20 million Brazilians.