Nov 15, 2025
Over 70,000 people took to the streets of Belém, Brazil, this Saturday for the Global Climate March, the main event of the People’s Summit—an autonomous initiative organized by more than 1,100 social movements as a counterpoint to the closed-door negotiations of COP30.
Under the slogan “We Are the Answer,” Indigenous peoples, peasants, Afro-descendant communities, workers, and young people marched 4.5 kilometers to Aldeia Cabana, a symbolic space of resistance in the Amazon, in tribute to the Cabanagem Revolt and the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic.
The demonstration became a collective outcry against the capitalist production system that destroys trees, rivers, and entire ecosystems. Signs reading “Agribusiness is fire,” “There is no climate justice without people’s agrarian reform,” and “Environmental collapse is capitalist” rose above the drums, traditional songs, and ancestral dances.
“Workers from all over the world are marching here today to affirm that the republic we believe in is one that guarantees workers’ rights, cares for nature with future generations in mind, and defends our country’s sovereignty,” said Ayala Ferreira of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) and a member of the People’s Summit political committee.
El lobby de las corporaciones m en la Cop30.
Los responsables por la crisis climática dicen que ellos son la solución para la crisis climática. pic.twitter.com/WUXrfconBY
— Nacho Lemus (@LemusteleSUR) November 15, 2025
Dyneva Kayabi, from the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab), declared: “Without land demarcation, there is no life, no education, no health. The answer is in our hands, because without us there is no clean air, no standing forests, no living rivers, and no Mother Earth preserved.”
Timoteo Huamoni, a Waorani leader from Ecuador, reminded the crowd: “Our ancestors shed their blood. Now we must raise our voices to the world.”
Benedito Huni Kuin, 50, from western Brazil, spoke with sorrow: “Today we are witnessing a massacre, as our forest is being destroyed. We want our voices from the Amazon to be heard and we demand concrete results. We need more Indigenous representatives at COP to defend our rights.”
Marchan los pueblos en las calles de Belém durante la COP30.
La solución a la crisis climática está en las comunidades, el futuro es ancestral. pic.twitter.com/p3rfAKqftF
— Nacho Lemus (@LemusteleSUR) November 15, 2025
Participants in the mobilization say their hopes for real change at COP30 are minimal. While world leaders negotiate behind closed doors, disillusionment continues to grow among civil society—especially among Indigenous peoples.
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