Just give me the money.'" Thailand in the 21st century has been defined by a series of sweeping victories by the Shinawatra camp — which has proven resilient despite military ouster and a wave of subsequent court orders to disband its parties. The current ruling Shinawatra-led Pheu Thai party (translation: "For Thais") soundly won the last general election in 2011. Its paterfamilias is tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra, a twice-elected former premier ousted in a 2006 army coup. Since 2008, he has lived in exile (mostly in Dubai) to escape corruption charges. The current prime minister is his younger sister, 46-year-old Yingluck Shinawatra, the nation's first female premier. "I'm still here," she told the Thai press on Nov. 30 as protesters mounted raids on government ministries. "Even though I'm a woman, I won't run."