Nathaniel Parish Flannery: What's The Real Story With Modern Mexico's Middle Class? Nathaniel Parish Flannery - Forbes
go to original July 23, 2013

Occupy Mexico. Although entrenched poverty and persistent inequality continue to define many aspects of Mexico's economy, the role of the country's emerging middle class is also generating a lot of debate. (N. Parish Flannery/@LatAmLENS)

Last year I caught a glimpse of Mexico City’s mostly ignored Occupy movement. I saw a few demonstrators camped out in from of the shimmering mirrored panels of the country’s stock exchange. Only two young protesters sat in the tent in front of hand-written placards that displayed messages such as “THE OUTRAGED OF THE WORLD UNITE!” and “THE STATE CAN ONLY SUSTAIN ITSELF THROUGH CRIME.”

One police officer watched from in front of the stock exchange while crowds of well-dressed young professionals walked by talking on Blackberries and iPhones. After surveying the scene, I wrote an article in which I explained “The problem for the Occupy movement is that even though Mexico continues to struggle with ongoing problems of inequality and poverty, in the last fifteen years, an unprecedented number of young Mexicans have joined the country’s middle class.”

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