Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product, and the fourth largest by area in the country. Wikipedia

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia