REFILE: Indigenous activists block entrance to COP30 venue

Record ID: 2277464

  • Title: REFILE: Indigenous activists block entrance to COP30 venue
  • Date: 14th November 2025
  • Summary: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL (NOVEMBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS) COP30 PRESIDENT, ANDRE CORREA DO LAGO, HOLDING BABY IN ARMS INDIGENOUS PROTESTERS CHANTIN VARIOUS OF DO LAGO SPEAKING WITH INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WITH SIGNS AT COP30 ENTRANCE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BLOCKING ACCESS TO COP30 WITH STICKS INDIGENOUS MAN HOLDING ARROW PROTESTERS LETTING MAN ACCESS BLOCKED AREA LINE OF
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  • Keywords: BELEM BRAZIL CLIMATE COP30 INDIGENOUS PROTEST
  • Location: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL
  • City: BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA001204514112025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Brazil on Friday morning, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change.
    Amid the peaceful protest, security was ramped up and there were long lines of delegates waiting to enter the sprawling compound, which is built on the site of an old airport in the Amazon city of Belem.
    The protesters are demanding that the Brazilian government halt all development projects in the Amazon, including mining, logging, oil drilling and the building of a new railway for transporting mining and agricultural products.
    On Tuesday, dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 venue and clashed with security guards at the entrance. They later defended that action, saying they wanted to demonstrate the desperation of their fight for forest protection.
    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has highlighted Indigenous communities as key players in this year's COP30 negotiations.
    (Production: Sebastian Rocandio, Lais Morais, Anna Portella)
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