US EditionIndigenous Protesters Breach COP30 Summit Venue in Brazil
- On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 venue in Belem, demanding access to the U.N. compound and pressing land-rights claims.
- Indigenous leaders said they were frustrated by industry-driven development in the forest, and protesters said they want their lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.
- Clashing spread to the venue entrance, with both sides striking each other using makeshift items; security guards barricaded the entrance with tables, confiscated batons, and two staff were slightly injured, with one guard rushed away on a wheelchair with a head wound.
- The venue was secured and COP30 negotiations continued after COP30 delegates were allowed to exit, while hundreds of protesters dispersed shortly after the clash and Brazilian and U.N. authorities opened an investigation.
- As an Amazon flotilla sailed to COP30, Indigenous activists aimed to amplify their message, while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, highlighted Indigenous peoples' role amid the Amazon rainforest's 340 million ton carbon sink.
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Protesters Storm Elite Climate Summit In Chaotic Scene
From the Daily Caller News Foundation By Harold Hutchison Baton-wielding protesters stormed the COP30 summit in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday, with video showing some dressed in indigenous outfits, according to multiple reports. The COP30 summit is the 30th annual meeting of parties to the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), an agreement to reach “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050, according to the conference’s website. …
Indigenous Brazilians have extended their protest against the 30th UN climate conference on Tuesday (local time) to the venue.
Numerous activists stormed the tent city of the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. Videos from several media show how they violently broke a door and caused a riot with security forces. Two people are said to have been slightly injured.
Dozens of indigenous demonstrators forced the entry of the COP30 site in Belem and were repulsed by security agents.
A group of activists had an altercation with the security service during the UN climate negotiations on Tuesday in Belém, Brazil. They briefly attempted to enter the main building by force before being repulsed. At least one security officer was injured, according to one witness.
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