BELEM, Brazil — 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.

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About 100 protesters briefly blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon

Friday's disruption was the second such incident in the first week of the conference

The Brazilian military prevented the protesters, mostly Indigenous peoples, from entering the site on Friday morning during COP30 negotiations in Belem

Some protesters formed a human chain around portions of the demonstration

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