Jorge Castañeda Gutman (born May 24, 1953) is a Mexican politician and academic who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003). Castañeda was born in Mexico City. He received the French Baccalauréat from the Lycée Franco-Mexicain in Mexico City. Then after receiving his B.A. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Paris (Panthéon-La Sorbonne) he worked as a professor at several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, New York University, and the University of Cambridge. He was a Bernard Schwartz fellow at The New America Foundation. He also authored more than a dozen books, including a biography of Che Guevara, and he regularly contributes to newspapers such as Reforma (Mexico), El País (Spain), Los Angeles Times (USA) and Newsweek magazine. His father was Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1979–1982), during the administration of José López Portillo. He was married to Miriam Morales (a Chilean citizen) and he has one son, Jorge Andrés.
Amarres Perros es una obra compleja y audaz en la que Jorge G. Castañeda explora las tensiones entre la memoria personal y la colectiva, entre la historia personal y las realidades políticas. En este libro, Castañeda combina autobiografía, crónica política y reflexión social. Retoma las figuras y los acontecimientos que han marcado su vida, pero también la de México y Latinoamérica en su conjunto. El autor se expresa con una franqueza a veces desconcertante, que confiere a la obra una fuerza cruda y una sinceridad poco común.