This is CBS, I on the world.

I'm John Batchel.

The New World Report with Ernesto Arrugio, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil,

here to comment on something he has attended the gathering by the United Nations to concern itself with climate.

And the gathering in these last days was in Brazil, and a headline that needs interpretation.

From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous leaders bring their demands to COP 30.

Subhead, after journeying weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil's tropical coast,

a boat carrying dozens of indigenous leaders landed in Balim,

a day ahead of the start of the United Nations COP 30.

Climate Summit.

Ernesto, a very good evening to you.

We see indigenous peoples troubled in various countries, Peru, for example, or northern Brazil,

or along the Columbia Amazon frontier where there's exploitation of resources.

And I always cover it as an individual news event, but this allows me to put it all together, saying the

indigenous leaders have demands about climate, about what is happening to their region. What was

your experience when you were a foreign minister? And help me understand, Brazil is often understood

to be the Amazon country,

but in fact the Amazon touches many, if not all,

of the countries of the continent.

Good evening to you, Ernesto.

Good evening, John.

Thank you very much.

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