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Mexico intends to deploy a “comprehensive strategy” to boost its image in America more vigorously, the authorities said on Thursday, days after new criticism of the nation by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

Trump, that has assaulted Mexico over crime, illegal immigration and commerce, on Tuesday threatened to obstruct remittances from Mexican migrants that were undocumented also slammed the statement of a brand new Ford plant, and if elected.

Opposition lawmakers and diplomats have accused the Mexican authorities of neglecting to counter such rhetoric, and on Tuesday Mexico said it was replacing its U.S. ambassador and the deputy foreign minister responsible for North American connections.

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The shooting happened on Friday at a “quinceanera” coming of age party in the Mexican state of Guerrero, not far from your boundary with Michoacan, where drug-related offenses, including murders, certainly are a routine event.

Like Michoacan, Guerrero, among the weakest states in Mexico, has seen an explosion in drug- murders and related abductions.

Southern Guerrero is also where 43 pupils vanished after delivered into a drug cartel, which supposedly killed them and being assaulted by municipal authorities.

The entire problem became a PR catastrophe for the authorities of president Enrique Pena Nieto.

A number of demonstrations shone a spotlight on collusion between criminal gangs and local governments wracked the area of Guerrero after, and saw tens of thousands take to the roads nationwide.

At least 324 individuals were killed in 2015 in the area between October and December, La Jornada paper figures found, with the majority of departures associated with the drug trade, BBC reported.

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Lines formed in the capital Bangui as well as in the predominantly Muslim PK- 5. We should put a stop to the battle,” said businessman Gradias Vara.

Predominantly Muslim rebels from a group known as the Seleka captured power in the bulk Christian country in early 2013, triggering reprisals in the Christian anti-balaka militias that activated a cycle of spiritual and inter-communal killings.

Thirty candidates are competing for the presidency however in the lack of an incumbent or opinion polls, it’s difficult to call a winner. Top nominees include former prime ministers Anicet- Martin Ziguele and Georges Dologuele.

Ziguele received a boost when anti-balaka militias that have formed the Central African Party of Development and Unity said they’d support his candidacy. Other nominees include Bilal Desire Nzanga, and former Foreign Minister Karim Meckassoua – the son of a former president, Kolingba.

Violence in Bangui in September, and the chaos, have pressured authorities to delay the surveys. Some have cast doubt on if the election might be organised.

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As Mexicans celebrated their conventional Day of the Dead November 1-2 holiday, skulls and giant skeleton couple towered over the red carpet.

The movie’s launch sequence is defined in the historic center in Mexico City over the course of a celebration of the religious day, using a breathtaking helicopter action scene.

“To have a film premiere of a film that starts at the Day of the Dead, on the Day of the Dead, it’s somewhat fitting, would not you say?” Waltz said.

Producer Barbara Broccoli said the movie’s opening sequence “is among the very most critical scenes in the film.” Traditionally, they’ve been quite tough to beat and that I think we actually have conquered all the ones before with this particular sequence,” she said. Bond girl Lea Seydoux commended the film’s global appeal.

“Because it’s an iconic film, understood all around the world, it is pleasant to find out this excitement also to see that (the film) touches, in a way, all cultures and all generations,” the French performer said.

The film made its world premiere in London on October 26. It opens at the finish of the week in Mexican and US theatres. “We filmed the Day of the Dead sequence, it ended up being a fabulous experience and today we come back on the Day of the Dead to get our opening, and it is brilliant. It simply is a great celebration,” said co-producer Michael Wilson.

Some controversy marked the filming of the Mexico City scenes, with reports the government was worried that the villain would be Mexican, damaging the standing of a state whose image has been hurt by drug violence.

Producers denied reports the script was altered in the request of executives from MGM Studios and Sony Pictures, keen to spend less after the government offered $14 million in tax incentives in return to get an improved image.

The website taxanalysts.com, mentioning leaked Sony emails, had reported that the changes included that a worldwide leader ought to be assassinated instead of Mexico City’s mayor, which Bond’s nemesis must not be Mexican. While Wilson said the authorities had raised some issues, he denied the screenplay was altered since the bad guy was constantly planning to be Italian.