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Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY OF BUNGE LIMITED

        Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Alberto Weisser and William M. Wells, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  
ALBERTO WEISSER      
Alberto Weisser

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board of Directors

 

July 25, 2003

/s/  
WILLIAM M. WELLS      
William M. Wells

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

July 25, 2003


T.K. Chopra

 

Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

 

           , 2003

/s/  
JORGE BORN, JR.      
Jorge Born, Jr.

 

Deputy Chairman and Director

 

July 25, 2003

/s/  
ERNEST G. BACHRACH      
Ernest G. Bachrach

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003

/s/  
ENRIQUE H. BOILINI      
Enrique H. Boilini

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003


Michael H. Bulkin

 

Director

 

       , 2003

/s/  
OCTAVIO CARABALLO      
Octavio Caraballo

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003


Francis Coppinger

 

Director

 

           , 2003

/s/  
BERNARD DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE LAURAGUAIS      
Bernard de La Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003
         


/s/  
WILLIAM ENGELS      
William Engels

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003

/s/  
PAUL H. HATFIELD      
Paul H. Hatfield

 

Director

 

July 25, 2003


Carlos Braun Saint

 

Director

 

           , 2003

/s/  
WILLIAM M. WELLS      
Bunge Limited, U.S. Office
By: William M. Wells,
Chief Financial Officer

 

Authorized Representative
in the United States

 

July 25, 2003



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