Jorge G. Castañeda was Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2000-2003, after joining with his ideological opponent, President Vicente Fox, to create the country’s first democratic government. He is currently Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, and is the author of The Latin American Left After the Cold War and Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara.
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Jorge G. Castañeda
Commentaries by Jorge G. Castañeda
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The Inflation of Hugo Chávez
MEXICO CITY – Supporters of Hugo Chávez, the recently deceased Venezuelan president, and even many of his critics, have repeatedly emphasize…
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Three Strikes Against the Drug War
MEXICO CITY – The last two months have witnessed more far-reaching changes on the drug-policy scene in Latin America and the United States t…
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Latin America’s Tale of Two Crises
MEXICO CITY – If one were an irredeemable optimist, upcoming events in Venezuela and Colombia could be viewed as a harbinger of good things …
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The Return of Mexico’s Nemesis
MEXICO CITY – On July 1, Mexico will in all likelihood vote the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled the country for seven d…
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The Summit of Muted Intentions
MEXICO CITY – The Summit of the Americas, which takes place roughly every three years, could be viewed as the sort of Latin American boondog…
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Good Times Down Latin America’s Way
MEXICO CITY – For Latin America, 2011 was, in Frank Sinatra’s terms, a very good year – and 2012 doesn’t look like being so bad either.…
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Thick as BRICS
MEXICO CITY – When the United Nations voted for what was known as partition and created the State of Israel 64 years ago, subsequently grant…
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The Andean Engagé
MEXICO CITY – The role of the politically committed intellectual has a long and ubiquitous history. The Spanish-French novelist and screenwr…
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Obama Goes South
MEXICO CITY – US President Barack Obama’s current swing through Latin America will probably be short on substance, long on rhetorical flouri…
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The Non-Smoking Gun
MEXICO CITY – Everyone these days, it seems, has their own favorite American diplomatic cable – or will soon – given that the 250,000 docume…
The Inflation of Hugo Chávez
lee kus: Thankfully Castaneda isn't a corrupt politician.
Latin America’s Tale of Two Crises
R. Jamil Jonna: Congrats: you have assured your place among the most simple-minded reactionaries in the U.S. No need to produce any evidence for this claim, since, presumably, you feel the Carter Center simply can't …