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Estamos en un momento crítico de la huelga magisterial que durante meses ha convulsionado el país.	We are at a key juncture in the teachers strike that has thrown the country into turmoil for months.
En México mismo, la lucha por Ayotzinapa ha convulsionado el país.	In Mexico, the struggle for Ayotzinapa has convulsed the country.
El mundo se ha convulsionado.	The world has been upended.
Un debate intenso y enconado sobre una nueva ley migratoria ha convulsionado a Washington durante el año pasado.	Intense and acrimonious debate over forging a new immigration law has been coursing through Washington for the past year.
El caso de los estudiantes de Ayotzinapa ha llevado a las masas a la calle y ha convulsionado la presidencia de Enrique Peña Nieto.	The case of the Ayotzinapa students has brought the masses onto the streets and convulsed the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
El tema ha convulsionado a la complicada coalición gobernante entre el partido de Vucic y los socialistas bajo el mando de Dacic, aunque ambos líderes han insistido que el gobierno, constituido el pasado julio, no caerá.	The affair has rocked the uneasy ruling coalition between Vucic's party and socialists led by Dacic, but both leaders have insisted that the government, formed last July, would not collapse.