Jorge G. Castaneda (6/1/11)

Jorge G. Castaneda: Mexico's Future and Its Relationship with the U.S.

Former Foreign Minister, Mexico; Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, NYU; Author, Manana Forever?

Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Professor of Law and Political Science, Stanford University - Moderator

Mexico's future is most certainly dependent on its relationship with the United States. In fact, Mexico ranks third in total trade with the United States behind Canada and China. But in the midst of this positive relationship, there is also a drug cartel war that has claimed the lives of more than 34,000 Mexicans and over 100 Americans in the past four and a half years. Ongoing issues of immigration and border control are also high on the list of mutual concerns. Mexico's foreign minister under former President Vicente Fox, Castaneda will offer a broad perspective on the future of the Mexican people and on relations between our two countries. Come hear from one of Mexico's most profound social thinkers.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• commonwealth club
• jorge castaneda
• mexico
• drug war
• immigration
• nafta

[reverv]

I agree with Mr. Castañeda in regards to drug legalization. As a veteran of multiple deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as a having grown up in Mexico. I understand that as long as the U.S. has an insatiable demand for drugs as well as being the wealthiest country on earth. Mexico will never be able to stop drugs from reaching the American markets, short of making Mexico a police state. Drugs travel from South America north through Mexico to the U.S. and not from Canada.

[eysofastrnjr]

he a globalist puppet. He likes the drug cartels, thats why he and his daddy vicente fox were on the take. I love how he travels the world with impunity.

[jvarela965]

I agree with Mr. Castaneda that the drug war is largely the fault of irresponsible drug use in The U.S. But in Canada there are no warring drug cartels. Mexico's culture of corruption is also to blame for the drug war. Legalziing narcotics is utterly insane.