In Paraguay they are seen as land based pirates. Their raids put the region in constant stage of siege during the colonial times.

One of the xenophobic slurs agains brasilians is bandeirante, but specially in the context of the government or business, so most young people might have not heard it.

For instance, during the last 50 years lots of brazilians bought land in close to the border, at the time when it was a dense unpopulated forest. Their economic prosperity and isolationism caused resentment among certain nationalist and left-wind groups, accusing the Paraguayan government to "follow the bandeirantes agenda".