It was my 5th day yesterday here in Rio de Janeiro. Yesterday, for the first time in history and in Latin America the Olympic torch would be carried through the city from the Maracanã stadion to the Flamengo beach. Helis were sticking in the air like frozen mosquitos, it was only 19 degrees or even colder. People were wearing gloves and hats and sweaters for the cold. Surreal to me but real for the cariocas. I wondered, just for a minut how much it costed to keep those metal flies up in the...

This guy is 29, he is a new breed of leader of the Xavante nation living in Mato Grosso in the Sangradouro reservation. Because he has vowed to reclaim stolen ancestral land, reforest and cultivate it, the ranchers have put a price on his head. he is in hiding in Sao Paulo city where he studies geography. His name is Hiparidi Top'tiro Xavante. Since president Lula got sworn in Januari 2003, we have seen more Brazilian Indigenous leaders killed then in one decade under military rule. Spread...