Jorge Castaneda Quotations

There are movements in Latin America that look to him either as a model or as a source of financing or both. And there he can exert an enormous amount of influence.

Right from the transition, Fox had the point of view that he simply didn't want to run the risk of upending the apple cart. He had commitments to the private sector, and he was not able to separate that commitment - to avoid a crisis at the end of (his term) - from the idea of confronting the PRI.

to establish a new era in U.S.-Mexico relations.

Mexico's foreign policy ... should become a powerful lever to promote Mexico's social and economic development.

We would like to establish a more full, stable and equal relationship.

It is time to be taken more seriously.

Calderon largely is going to sink or swim on Fox's record. The more (President) Bush makes Fox look like he got nothing from this stronger relationship he wanted with the U.S., the harder it will be for Calderon.