"Aunque 'AMLO' está intentando centrarse en la política nacional, de vez en cuando el resto del mundo se lo impide", dijo Carin Zissis de AS/COA.

"The more Maduro can keep [the opposition] on the back of their feet, the more space he has to implement his own policy preferences," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Associated Press.

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