Article: Interview: A 'Dysfunctional' System; The former foreign minister, now running for president, argues that institutional change must be a priority.(Interview)

Byline: Scott Johnson

Jorge Castaneda, Mexico's foreign minister from 2000 to 2003, last week announced that he was running for president in 2006. Castaneda, a former columnist for NEWSWEEK International, hopes to run as an independent candidate, but must petition the government to waive a law prohibiting anyone not affiliated with a party from seeking office. He discussed his ambitions with NEWSWEEK's Scott Johnson. Excerpts:

Why did you decide to run?

CASTANEDA: The country needs change. The 2000 [presidential] election was a referendum on the PRI. Now the kinds of changes needed are much more complex, much more subtle, but aren't possible ...

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