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Jorge G. Castañeda

Jorge G. Castañeda

Jorge G. Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico (2000-2003), is a Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.
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  • Mexico’s War of Choice

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2009-12-18
    Three years ago this month, Mexican President Felipe Calderón donned military fatigues and declared a full-scale war on drugs, ordering the Army into Mexico’s streets, highways, and villages. Like George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, it was a war of choice, and it should never have been waged, because it can never be won.... read
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  • Time to Confront Chávez

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2009-09-18
    cartoon In early September, Colombia’s biggest businesses surprised everyone by declaring their wholehearted support for the country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, in his deepening conflict with Venezuela. But Uribe will probably have to step down as president before Colombia can enlist allies in its case against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.... read
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  • Cuba’s Back

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2009-06-18
    After 47 years, the Organization of American States, at its annual General Assembly, has repealed its suspension of Cuba’s membership. The outcome signals the growing assertiveness of Latin America's hard-left regimes, as well as the unwillingness of its democracies to confront them.... read
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  • The Revolution Reborn

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2009-03-18
    cartoon In El Salvador, for the first time ever in Latin America, a former guerilla organization has achieved its aims through the ballot box. For the FMLN's leaders, unlike even Nicaragua's Sandinistas, remain largely allied with the region's "revolutionary" left, with no moderate faction to balance them.... read
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  • The Mexican Muddle

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2008-12-18
    This month, Mexico’s Felipe Calderón celebrates his second anniversary as president, having taken office in December 2006 under adverse circumstances. Calderón has had to govern in a persistently difficult environment - an economic crisis, a lame duck US president, and a legacy of corruption - and his own penchant for legislative minimalism hasn't helped.... read
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  • Free Trade with a Human Face

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2008-10-23
    If immigration is to become a less heated issue in the US, America's next president must address the needs of Latin America’s economies. This means supporting improvements to existing and pending free-trade agreements between the US and Latin America.... read
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  • In Defense of International Justice

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: Human Rights
    2008-10-09
    Great strides have been made in recent years in ending impunity for the perpetrators of humanity’s most terrible crimes, not least because 107 states have acceded to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. But now that progress is being threatened by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's use of violence to blackmail the world into postponing ICC action against him.... read
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  • A New US Agenda for Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2008-09-12
    For the next American president, fixing the international mess inherited from the Bush administration will be no simple task. While Latin America will not be a priority for either an Obama or McCain administration, continuing the United States’ neglect of the last seven years is no longer viable.... read
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  • Farewell to the Revolution?

    Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate
    2008-06-24
    Colombia's FARC guerillas, the last of a dying breed in Latin America, appear to be on the brink of defeat. But caution is in order, because Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's repudiation of support for the FARC should not be taken at face value, and because Colombia lacks the ingredients needed to achieve a sustainable peace. ... read
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