Despite promises, we're still seeing the 'old' World Bank. The International advisory group that the World Bank has appointed to monitor the project does not have the capacity to deal with social and environmental problems. There are too many questions unanswered.

(The project) will open up a road for loggers and poachers.

Oil can be a devastating force in countries with such levels of corruption. Chevron has set a scary precedent.

You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.

It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.

In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an emotional charge, I bet for catharsis. I like to invest emotionally in things. And catharsis, when it touches the emotional vein, can open the doors of even those who protect themselves.