My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.

A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.

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

All countries have problems with China's economic power.

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

Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.

The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global