In Italy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva split with the United States on ethanol production, describing Brazilian sugarcane ethanol as “good ethanol” and US corn-based ethanol as “bad ethanol”. Lula was in Rome to address the UN FAO Food Summit, hastily called this year to address rising global food prices. Meanwhile, a Greens MP representing New Zealand at the conference criticized UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for singling out biofuels in the food debate.
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