Beat the Devil
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The article presents information on the Indian leader Paulinho Paiakan and his trial. Paiakan has become a familiar figure far beyond the borders of Brazil. He has toured the world raising money for indigenous causes. He has received a U.N. award for his environmental work. But now Paiakan's stature as an indigenous and environmental leader is under attack. On September 15 in a courtroom in the Amazon town he faces charges of rape. There are in fact many reasons to question the case. The version given by the victim Silvia Ferreira is questionable. The couple to whose house Ferreira made her way immediately after the incident say she was without the mutilations described in the journal Veja.
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