There are a few things that Mañana Forever?, Jorge Castañeda’s new book on Mexico, pointedly isn’t about. It’s not about violence, and it’s not about the immigration debate (though it does consider the effects of emigration). Above all, it’s not about the
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Reseña de Sergio Aguayo sobre “Mañana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans”
Mexico’s progress continues to be inhibited by resistance to change—a resistance that today, according to Jorge Castañeda, has placed Mexico’s democracy and the country at a crossroads.
The Way Forward
Since time immemorial, Mexicans have argued that were it not for U.S. demand for illicit substances, Mexico would have a manageable drug problem…
Campaigning for Change in Mexico
Jorge G. Castañeda was long involved in efforts to end the 70-year dictatorial reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) over Mexico. In 1988, he supported the presidential ambitions of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas…
Confronting Mexico
Former foreign minister argues that major changes are necessary if the nation wants to move forward…
Mañana Forever?’ by Jorge Castañeda
Mexico must shed self-defeating habits if it hopes to take its place among the world’s leading nations, Jorge Castañeda writes.
Calderón’s war ‘too costly,’ ex-official says
Mexican President Felipe Calderón should order military troops back to the barracks and halt a losing war against drug cartels, a former Mexican foreign minister said Tuesday…
World’s richest man stays calm under fire
Carlos Slim is under attack. For decades, the world’s richest man built a business empire in his native Mexico with little resistance from the competition…
Will tomorrow ever come for Mexico?
Entrevista hecha al Dr. Jorge G. Castañeda para el programa de radio “Air Talk” con Larry Mantle de KPCC de Los Ángeles, se transmitió el 3 de junio de 2011. En esta ocasión hablaron sobre el nuevo libro del Dr. Castañeda, “Mañana Forever? Mexico and the
Author: Mexicans must shed culture of individualism
In a new book entitled Mañana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans, Castañeda examines the Mexican character, and concludes that the country won’t move forward until Mexicans shed a tradition of “radical extreme individualism.”…