Newspapers report attempted invasion of the Blue Zone, reserved for authorities and accredited press, by a group of 50 people
The incident between security guards at the (30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change) and a group of 50 protesters, on Tuesday (11.Nov.2025), in Belém (PA), was reported by international broadcasters and newspapers.
Second of Poder360participants in the Global Health and Climate March moved away from the main demonstration and headed towards the entrance of . The area has restricted access to negotiators, journalists and diplomats. It is necessary to have a credential issued by the UN (United Nations) to enter the site.
Some of the dissidents were Tapajós indigenous people and another part were members of the Juntos collective. Many wore t-shirts with Psol inscriptions. The term “Occupy COP” was used on social media after the incident. See images.
The British newspaper The Guardian mentioning a spokesperson for the UN (United Nations), who “2 security guards suffered minor injuries and there was minor damage to the event site”. Also according to the publication, “after the confrontation, the protesters left the place and uniformed Fire Department officers formed a cordon to block the entrance”.
The North American broadcaster CNN that protesters waved flags with phrases demanding rights, which read: “Our land is not for sale.” The network heard “an indigenous leader of the Tupinambá people, near the mouth of the Tapajós River, in Brazil, who uses only his first name”Gilmar. According to CNNGilmar said: “We can’t eat money […] We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, miners and illegal loggers”.
The North American newspaper The Washington Post given by Augustin Ocaña, youth mobilization coordinator at , to . “Ocaña said that some of the people who tried to enter [na Zona Azul] they were singing: ‘They can’t decide for us without us’, in reference to tensions surrounding the participation of indigenous people in the conference.”reads the report.
Another statement from a protester, this one, was included in the Spanish one The Country. Helen Cristine, from the Juntos movement, linked to Psol, mentioned, in her speech, the oil exploration project in the Equatorial Margin, defended by the president (PT). “COP30 does not represent indigenous peoples. The organization is aimed at businesspeople. Oil exploration in Foz do Amazonas is destroying the environment”said Helen, according to the newspaper.
No Publicfrom Portugal, which “Following the riots, the events scheduled for the end of the 2nd day of COP30 were canceled around two hours before the scheduled end”. The newspaper added a note from the organization of the Global Health and Climate March, according to which, “the aforementioned acts occurred ‘after the peaceful march’ and had nothing to do with the organizers”.
According to the The Worldfrom France, “calm quickly returned and security later blocked the entrances to the Blue Zone – the heart of the UN climate conference – with tables and furniture”. The newspaper included in the statement by professor João Santiago, from UFPA (Federal University of Pará), who witnessed what happened: “The indigenous movement wanted to present their demands within the Blue Zone, but they were not allowed to enter”.
