If the US is the country that most contributes with greenhouse gases, in the world, it should assume more responsibility to reduce emissions. - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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.

This is a crisis that was caused by people, white with blue eyes. And before the crisis they looked as if they knew everything about economics.

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.