EXHIBIT 24.1

CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2002

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, as a director of Corn Products
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Company"), do hereby
constitute and appoint MARCIA E. DOANE as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign the Annual Report on
Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument this 21st day of
March, 2003.

/s/ Richard J. Almeida
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Richard J. Almeida

/s/ Ignacio Aranguren-Castiello
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Ignacio Aranguren-Castiello

/s/ Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr.
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Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr.

/s/ Guenther E. Greiner
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Guenther E. Greiner

/s/ Ronald M. Gross
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Ronald M. Gross

/s/ Karen L. Hendricks
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Karen L. Hendricks

/s/ Bernard H. Kastory
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Bernard H. Kastory

/s/ William S. Norman
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William S. Norman

/s/ James M. Ringler
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James M. Ringler

/s/ Samuel C. Scott III
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Samuel C. Scott III

/s/ Clifford B. Storms
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Clifford B. Storms