TheCastañeda Doctrine is a term used as reference toMexico's foreign policy during the presidency ofVicente Fox. Its name derives from its proponent,Jorge Castañeda Gutman.

Fox appointed Castañeda to be hisSecretary of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of his term. Castañeda immediately broke with the old-style foreign policy, known as theEstrada Doctrine. The new foreign policy called for an openness and an acceptance of criticism from the international community and the increase of Mexican involvement in foreign affairs.^[1]

However, after a series of foreign policy blunders, such as Mexico's temporary rift with Cuba and criticism from many other Latin American countries such as Argentina and Venezuela for adopting a pro-US stance with the doctrine, the Castañeda Doctrine was later effectively, if not officially, discontinued under the Calderón administration.^{[citation needed]}

• Politics of Mexico
• Vicente Fox
• Foreign policy doctrines
• Foreign relations of Mexico

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