I will never tire from repeating my commitment to ensuring that every Brazilian can have breakfast, lunch and supper every day.

The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.

Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only generate monsters: bitterness, intolerance, fundamentalism, and the damaging denial of current hegemonies.The poor must be given reasons to live, not to kill or die.

The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.

All countries have problems with China's economic power.

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!