Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unwittingly revealed the truth about his secret relationship with Colombia’s FARC guerrillas in early January, a development that can be seen as one of the most important in recent times in Latin America.
To achieve his s
Autor: Jorge Castañeda
The Forgotten Relationship
Free from the strategic and ideological rigidities of the Cold War, Latin America in the mid-1990s looked forward to a more realistic and constructive relationship with the United States. The first Summit of the Americas in 1994, which launched negotiatio
Felipe Calderon’s daunting to-do list for Mexico
MEXICO’S SEEMINGLY endless electoral ordeal has finally concluded: Felipe Calderon took office as president on Friday, albeit under hardly auspicious circumstances. Constitutional order has prevailed — though just barely — despite the onslaught of a strid
Jabbing the U.S. and leading with his left
Evo morales, Bolivia’s new president, is not Latin America’s first chief executive of indigenous origins. That was Benito Juárez of Mexico during the second half of the 19th century. And Bolivia is not “Latin” America: It and Guatemala are the only nation
Derechos humanos
Hace un par de semanas tuve el honor de asistir a una cena de despedida ofrecida por una embajada Europea a Amerigo Incalcaterra, el virtual expulsado ex representante de la Alta Comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, con sus amigas y a
Latin America’s Two Lefts
A perception has been growing over the last few years – and picking up strength in recent months – that Latin America is swinging back to the left. The unimpressive – and sometimes dismal – results of economic reform seem to have generated a backlash that
George W. Bush and America’s Neglected Hemisphere
When the NATO Allies gather in Istanbul, much of the talk will concern the divisions between America and Europe over Iraq. But Europe is not alone in its estrangement from the United States under President George W. Bush’s leadership. Among the vast list
Fox y los intelectuales
Es un hecho que la mayor parte de los intelectuales mexicanos odia a Vicente Fox. Pero ¿de quién es la culpa: del inculto y rijoso ex mandatario o de una intelligentsia atada a sus viejos prejuicios y privilegios? Jorge G. Castañeda responde en este lúcid
¿Instituciones o simulaciones?
Aunque parezca repetitivo me parece útil volver sobre el tema de AMLO, el petróleo y el referéndum. Pero, en esta ocasión en lugar de establecer comparaciones internacionales (que me siguen resultando sumamente pertinentes y aleccionadoras) quisiera insis
Nieve de limón
La Iniciativa Mérida como compromiso norteamericano con la guerra mexicana contra el narco podría haber sido una buena idea… si se hubiera llamado Plan México, aspirando a ser nuestra versión del Plan Colombia. Pero el mismo minimalismo del gobierno de