Our Last Look Back Regional Director, Juan Carlos "Chuso" Cuenca Vimos has worked with LLB since 2011 and led most of Dr.
London’s early expeditions to the most isolated Waorani hunter-gatherer groups.  Chuso a Kichwa leader, heads the LLB aid projects to support and preserve the Waorani hunter-gatherers way of life. His wife Kandy Tuesta Sandoval and his son Davis Estafen Cuenca help on many expeditions.

Chuso is legendary throughout Waorani territory and is often the go-to person for the Ecuadorian government when they need to negotiate with Waorani hunter-gatherers. LLB is the only organization familiar with the native villages scattered in the vast Napo Amazonian Rain Forest region.

 

In 2020, Chuso led teams of 25-30 doctors and medical professionals in Amazon Rain Forest expeditions to provide COVID-19 outreach for all 11,500 community members in 46 communities of Waorani & Kichwa natives. 

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 Chuso is a superb guide, second to none! If you want to feel the beauty and magic of the Yasuni rain forest, Chuso can unlock it for you like no other person! Tourists and visiters to Yasuni Nation Park can contact him via LLB.