‘No one enters, no one leaves.’ Protesters block main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil World Nov 14, 2025 11:59 AM EST

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday in a peaceful standoff that ended after a lengthy discussion with the climate talks president, who cradled a protester’s baby during the talks.

Brazilian military personnel kept demonstrators from entering the site hosting COP30 meetings in Belem, but there appeared to be no physical altercations. The protesters, most in traditional Indigenous garb, formed a human chain around the entrance to block people from entering as the day’s meetings began. Other groups of activists formed a

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