In 1989, she supported Chief Raoni’s campaign to protect the Amazonian forest with the help of internationally-renowned singer Sting. King Leopold had met Raoni in 1964.[1] In 2011, while Europalia Brasil was taking place, Marie-Esméralda met a delegation of Mehinako Indians. The following year, the Mehinako Indians honoured the memory of the late King Leopold III in Xingu Park in a special ceremony.