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Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known as “Wolf”, was attacked while hunting in the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state He was shot in the face and another member of the Guajujara tribe was ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Paulo Paulino Guajajara knew that a violent death could come his way. Three of his fellow “guardians of the forest” — a squad of armed indigenous sentinels — had already ...
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed protecting the rainforest he loved and called home. He was the leader of a group of Indigenous land defenders in the Brazilian Amazon. The group regularly ...
The "Guardians of the Forest" have taken up arms against the "invaders." Know it or not, Laercio Guajajara is fighting for you. The 35-year-old indigenous Brazilian is a member of the Amazon’s ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — She was a month into her new job, and Sonia Guajajara’s plate was already full. Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples was in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state ...
It’s been a busy few weeks for Sônia Guajajara. When Brazil’s first ever minister of Indigenous peoples met with TIME in September, she was speaking on a panel at iconic London private ...