El editor gerente de Americas Quarterly habla sobre las razones por las cuales Machado no ha podido volver al país y la postura de Estados Unidos.

At the event, leaders discussed the challenges and pathways to strengthening Brazil's response to illegal cross-border activity.

Washington's presence on the ground "tells you how important and how sensitive [this] is for the Trump administration," said AQ's managing editor.

It's hard "to see this incident as being something that would be difficult in the [U.S.-Mexico] relationship," said AS/COA's vice president.

Los galardonados con la Medalla de Oro de este año representan "un liderazgo visionario y comprometido", dijo Susan Segal de AS/COA, según la agencia.

El diario dice que el galardón "reconoce al empresario, pero también a una visión que ha puesto a México en el mapa mundial del entretenimiento".

"The main driver of this decision was politics," said the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly to the news agency.