Author profile: Shaye Worthman

The Role of the Economic Elite in Mexico’s Democratic Development

Shaye Worthman • Jan 9 2012 • Essays

A widely held middle class critique of Mexico’s governing institutions is that politicians are accountable only to the private elites and do not respond to middle and lower class needs. Indeed, with a history of oligarchic-type rule and pervasive government corruption, private sector elites have consistently been major players in Mexican politics.

The Rise of the La Familia Michoacana

Shaye Worthman • Dec 16 2011 • Essays

On May 30th, 2010, former Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Mora Medina declared the drug cartel La Familia Michoacana, known simply as “La Familia,” to be the most dangerous in all of Mexico. The rise of La Familia, its bizarre ideology and indoctrination of members, and the lower-class following it has received have separated it from other DTOs in Mexico.

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