Ahead of January 26 special legislative elections, constitutional law expert Alonso Gurmendi of Universidad del Pacífico covers how the country’s Magna Carta is holding up.

"Para 2020, com a temporada de eleições nos EUA em andamento, será importante que os dois governos trabalhem juntos", diz Eric Farnsworth da AS/COA.

"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.

The world's fifth-most populous country is one of the main prizes in a global tech encounter between Beijing and Washington.

The need to offer concrete results could make the next 12 months the most important of López Obrador’s presidency.