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...He served as Ecuador’s vice-president from 2013-18 under Rafael Correa, a leftwing ally of López Obrador....
...The Mexican president, like several other leftwing Latin American leaders, has remained loyal to Ecuador’s long-ruling former president Rafael Correa....
...Martha Bárcena, Mexico’s former ambassador to Washington, said the incident was a reflection of a region profoundly divided along ideological lines....
...“What worries me is that, for different reasons, the Republicans — both the very radical and the not so radical — and the Democrats are converging,” said Martha Bárcena, a former Mexican ambassador to the...
...In a demonstration of the sensitivity of US involvement in Mexican security matters, Washington’s ambassador Ken Salazar later issued a “clarification” that the arrest was conducted solely by Mexico....
...“No one is talking about the electricity reform, but that will have a bigger general effect on the economy,” said Rafael Ch at Cidac, a think-tank....
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