Shell says that the claim of the Guarani to their lands is “still being evaluated”, but it is now more than seven years since an official study established that the plantation is situated on land traditionally used and occupied by the Guarani. Sr Teixeira challenged this finding, but it was affirmed on appeal by FUNAI, the Brazilian government's department for indigenous affairs...Raizen says that it wishes to respect the “legitimate rights” both of the Guarani and of those with whom it does business. We can understand that. What we cannot understand is what right Sr Teixeira can possibly have to continue to exploit Guarani land for his own - and Raizen’s – profit while the Guarani themselves remained huddled on tiny fraction of their land, and in often desperate conditions.