El domingo pasado Thomas Friedman dedicó su columna del New York Times a caracterizar tres grupos sociales que, según él, definen a Mexico hoy día: los narcos, los “No’s” (léase, clase media rentista) y los NAFTA (léase, clase media meritocrática). Los comentarios de Friedman se inspiran y complementan con el artículo de Luis de la Calle y Luis Rubio sobre clasemedieros en México, publicado en Nexos de mayo 2010.

Narcos, No’s and Nafta

Mexico City

(…) We take the Mexican-American relationship for granted. But with the drug wars in Mexico turning into Wild West shootouts on city streets and with our own immigration politics turning more heated, what’s happening in Mexico has become much more critical to American foreign policy and merits more of our attention. Mexico is not Afghanistan, but it also has not become all that it hoped to be by now. Something feels stalled here.

Three groups are now wrestling to shape Mexico’s future. I’d call them “the Narcos,” “the No’s” and “the Naftas.” Root for the Naftas. Continue reading →