Here’s Where New James Bond Movie ‘Spectre’ Filmed That Crazy Opening Scene

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The harrowing opening sequence of Spectre, the new Sam Mendes-directed James Bond movie, is, arguably, the best the franchise has ever produced. (And worry not—there are no spoilers here.) It unfolds during a Día de los Muertos celebration in Mexico City’s Zócalo, a grand—and almost intimidating—square in the megalopolis’s Downtown zone. Long ago, the site served as a gathering point within the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, the bones on which Distrito Federal currently stands. In fact, just to the northeast of the plaza, is the Templo Mayor , a pyramid from Aztec times still undergoing excavation. In 1978, the discovery of a gigantic sculpture portraying a headless and mutilated Coyolxauhqui (the Aztec goddess of the moon) prompted further architectural inquiry—and holds a spooky connection to Bond’s Day of the Dead regalia.

As Spectre kicks off, Bond—in a skeleton-painted suit, no less—follows a smoldering temptress (Stephanie Sigman of recent Narcos fame) into an ornate elevator and chamber. This is the Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, just to the southwest of the Zócalo. With Art Nouveau stained glass vaulted ceilings and an ornamental splendor worthy of its moniker, it transports visitors to a lost era of detail and plushness. You feel, indeed, like you’re on a movie set.

Eventually, Bond finds his way to the crux of the square, obviously hot on the trail of danger. Directly to the north is the Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México . You don’t really get a full frame of it during the increasing drama, but there are flickers of it as Bond pursues his villain—even in snapshots, it’s impressive. The Catedral took hundreds of years to build (1567 to 1788, to be exact), and it holds a motley blend of styles, including elements of the baroque, neoclassicism, and endemic churrigueresque architecture. Most extraordinarily, the Catedral is the single largest place of worship in all of Latin America.

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Production of the Día de los Muertos scene in Spectre.

To the east is the Palacio Nacional. This building, which serves as a presidential residence and holds a number of federal offices, is also gigantic, but is most notable for its walls of Diego Rivera murals. The late artist, one of Mexico’s most well known, spent decades painting the palace in scenes depicting the evolution of his country—from the Aztecs to the Spanish Conquistadors.

The above are all worth checking out, but sometimes, and if you know Mexico City well, the best way to experience the town is in quieter, personal moments.

Our favorite things to do in Zócalo

Get up early, before the street-vendors arrive, and go to the flagpole in the middle of the Plaza. It won’t be quiet, per se, but you’ll feel the hum of this great city.

Go for a sunset beer at the restaurant atop the Best Western Hotel on the northwest corner of the clearing. This vantage point is low-key and cozy—and perfect for watching the ebb-and-flow, in the shadows of history, of the city below. Plus, the aerial sights are as close as you'll get to reliving Spectre 's action.

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James Bond has visited Mexico before — it provided the colourful backdrop for his revenge mission in Licence To Kill  (1989) — but in Spectre (2015) it becomes the focus for a thrilling pre-credits sequence based around the Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead (Dia de las Muertos). As producer Barbara Broccoli put it: “I think this sequence is so spectacular that it will be up there as one of the greatest pre-title sequences we have ever done.”

For director Sam Mendes, returning to 007 after Skyfall (2012), the Day of the Dead ceremony ties in very closely with the thematic ideas of the story. “The film is about Bond (Daniel Craig) being haunted by a person he thought was long dead,” Mendes observed, adding, “I wanted that combination of sinister and celebratory that you can only get with something like the Day of the Dead. When the film opens, it’s almost like the perfect mission and everything is going to plan but then there’s the game-changing moment.”

On March 20, 2015, the Spectre crew mounted a full-on street celebration involving 1500 extras playing revellers, all with a make-up call of 4.15am — hair designer Zoe Tahir made wigs of wool to make the dancers look like peg dolls, giving the scene a timeless texture. Production designer Dennis Gassner worked very closely with Mexican experts to, as he put it, “make sure it was all grounded in reality.”

Closing down the City’s main Avenue and Zócalo Square meant co-ordination with the presidential palace, government security and the army. With the streets filled with musicians, puppeteers and different performance acts, the first shot was captured at 2.08pm.

“People were in the streets until five in the afternoon doing the same thing over and over again,” recalled Mendes. “I thought they would mutiny but if anything they got more enthusiastic as the day went on. We had live musicians and there was a sense of party about it, which is what you want but is so rarely achieved on a movie set.”

Adding to the complexity of the sequence Mendes envisioned opening Spectre with one continuous shot that follows Bond as he tracks an assassin through a Mexican hotel, up an elevator through different rooms and across rooftops. The use of a single shot is to immerse the viewer in the drama of Bond’s mission. As Mendes explained, “I wanted the audience to be dropped right into the middle of a very specific, very atmospheric and very rich environment.” To capture Bond’s journey across balconies, a camera track system stretched across four buildings, a 50 ft. crane allowing the camera to stay parallel with Daniel Craig on the rooftop.

Bond’s perfect mission goes awry when he triggers an explosive device that destroys the hotel, causing the building he is standing on to collapse floor by floor. The explosion itself was created in the safety of Pinewood Studios by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould.

“We built a four storey building and we had a big weight on a track that went through a ceiling and all the floors collapsed on hydraulics,” said Corbould. “We worked on it for eight months and it is probably one of the longest rigs that we have ever designed and certainly one of the most complicated things we have ever done.”

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What's a James Bond film without a breathless and elaborate opening sequence? It's a tragic waste of the 007 code name, is what it is. Fortunately, Spectre doesn't have that problem . Daniel Craig's fourth go at slipping into Bond's Aston Martin commences with a huge set piece: a mid-air fight scene on a helicopter flying over Mexico City's Day Of The Dead festival ( Día de Muertos ). In true Bond fashion, the production cut no corners in composing an incredibly colorful and intricate celebration to serve as the scene's backdrop. But since a James Bond movie is about as far from a documentary as a movie can be, just how many artistic liberties did this film take to add scope and visual interest to the scene? What actually happens Day Of The Dead , and does Spectre stay true to the events?

The official Spectre account shared the making-of video below to give audiences a taste of what they'll see first when the movie opens in theaters on Nov 6. Aside from the carefully orchestrated tussling between Craig and the villains, you can see that the sequence will include a full-scale parade with altars, floats, and costumed extras. I was curious to know if this is what a Day Of The Dead celebration in Mexico City really looks like, so I did some research on the traditions involved. The festival can take many forms and means different things to different people, but there are some constants. Watch the making-of video below, and then read on to find out how accurate Spectre is in its depiction of Mexico City's Day Of The Dead Festival.

Here's what you need to know about the Day Of The Dead celebration in Mexico City.

It Lasts More Than One Day

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The Day Of The Dead is actually a two-day long remembrance, from Nov 1 to Nov 2. Part of the tradition involves families holding all-night vigils for their loved ones who've died, so the event runs from day-time celebrations to late-night reflection, and then into the next. Spectre sets its action during a parade, so audiences won't see the personalized altars (or ofrendas) that are decorated with marigolds and placed in homes or on graves to honor the departed or hear the songs and prayers that happen over them.

La Catrina Is The Lady Everyone Wants To Be

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If you were to YouTube search a "Day Of The Dead makeup tutorial," you'd likely pull up step-by-step instructions on how to create a La Catrina look. La Catrina is the 19th century creation of printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada who produced several pieces featuring a posh, money-ed skeleton lady. La Catrina is now a folk figure in the culture. San Francisco's Mexican Museum curator David de la Torre told the San Francisco Gate why he believes the tradition endures .

Catrina has come to symbolize not only El Día de los Muertos and the Mexican willingness to laugh at death itself, but originally catrina was an elegant or well-dressed woman, so it refers to rich people...Death brings this neutralizing force; everyone is equal in the end. Sometimes people have to be reminded.

In the featurette above, Spectre costume designer Jany Temine says that the production incorporated authentic Mexican elements into the styling for the over 1500 extras who people the scene, many of them modeled after La Catrina.

The Processions Really Do Shut The City Down

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Mexico City has earned the nickname the City Of The Dead for the magnitude of its annual Day Of The Dead processional. The annual parade may not have a James Bond action sequence happening overhead every year, but it's still a community-wide festival that also beckons countless international visitors.

Spectre may have added some extra glitz and glamour to the festival, but overall, it's an accurate depiction of Mexico City's Day Of The Dead celebration and its customs.

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The latest James Bond film, Spectre , opens with a kinetic chase scene in Mexico City, with actors ripping through a massive Day of the Dead parade featuring ornate masks, drummers, giant puppets, and floats. As breathtaking as the scene was, it wasn’t necessarily culturally accurate.

With its blend of indigenous and Spanish traditions, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos , is traditionally a somber, though sometimes lively celebration spent with family by the graveside of departed loved ones. Food, drink, flowers, and mementos are left at altars in homes and cemeteries as people gather to remember loved ones.

But the interest generated by the 007 film encouraged local officials to bring the imagined Mexico to life.

“When this movie hit the big screen and was seen by millions and millions of people in 67 countries, that started to create expectations that we would have something,” Lourdes Berho, head of the Mexico Tourism Board,  told the Associated Press .

On Saturday, a real Day of the Dead parade drew thousands to the streets in Mexico City. It featured actual props from the film, along with other pop culture influences inspired by American Halloween customs and television shows like The Walking Dead spinoff  Fear the Walking Dead  on AMC, which filmed in Mexico for its recent season.

Here are some images from Mexico City’s first ever Day of the Dead parade.

The parade moves along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City.

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On a beautiful street in Mexico City celebratory music plays, people line the sidewalks and giant, ornately adorned paper mache skeletons march toward the historic Zócalo. The crowd wears flowers in their hair and masks on their faces while children peruse the vendors’ sweets and toys.

This is Día de Muertos, a colorful, hallowed tradition where the ancestors are honored and welcomed back home. This specific parade, however, is a Hollywood invention. It’s the opening scene from “Spectre ,” the 2015 James Bond movie, a scene so compelling it prompted Mexico City to actually start doing an annual Día de Muertos parade.

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I got to see the first-ever Día de Muertos parade in Mexico City in 2016, where it appeared to be an immediate hit. I’d never seen such a crowded event in my life.

Many of the attendees, I learned from asking around, were from other states in Mexico and other Latin American countries, and came to see the spectacle of massive floats overflowing with colorful catrinas and alebrijes, figures we’ve come to associate with the holiday.

The parade made me rethink my preconceived notions about the sights and sounds I was being treated to. My family had come to witness a cultural practice with deep roots. But how much of it was a recent creation, and, more important, did it matter if it was?

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It might surprise some to hear that the Día de Muertos parade stemmed from a single scene in a James Bond movie in 2015. Día de Muertos is, after all, a beloved tradition that many people hold close to their hearts. Indeed, the fact that it is a tradition, an heirloom of sorts, makes people protective, at times precious about it.

That it centers on the ancestors, a word that commands reverence, only adds to the idea that this holiday is an old, brittle thing that must be handled with great care. It’s understandable that some might view the parade through a cynical lens, as a tourist trap or as an inauthentic take on an ancient custom. “Fake,” others might say.

But I’m not one of those people. In fact, in the James-Bond-inspired Día de Muertos parade, I see something else entirely: a cypher for how culture is generated and, frankly, for how absurd it can be. I mean that in a good, fun way.

The Día de Muertos parade is a sumptuous, extravagant delight. The artistry on display is impressive, and it clearly was massively popular with locals and visitors. If anything, it’s in keeping with the ongoing text of the holiday, which has many aspects that are much younger than they first appear.

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Take the iconic La Calavera Catrina , a smiling skeleton dressed in posh French clothes that we now associate so closely with Día de Muertos. She is practically the mascot, her face printed on tote bags and T-shirts. In truth, her image was created as a biting piece of social commentary.

In 20th century Mexico, master printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada created La Calavera Catrina to mock Mexican women who whiten their skin and wear European clothes to obscure their heritage. It was meant to humble those with similar aspirations.

I think, too, of the famed alebrijes. Those colorful, chimeric creatures that were featured in Pixar’s “Coco,” and which also become crucial components of Mexico City’s Día de Muertos festivities.

The Desfile y Concurso de Alebrijes Monumentales was first held in 2007, and it’s another festivity that I’ve been privileged to have witnessed many times. My favorite element of the event is that the alebrijes are often used as mediums to convey political messages and humor. As when a monstrous Trump alebrije led the parade in 2016.

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These crafts draw on Mexico’s many centuries of papier-mâché folk art, as well as Indigenous arts, but their most popular form today draws direct heritage from a single artist named Pedro Linares who, in the 1930s, was delirious with fever and claimed to have hallucinated the figures. They serve simultaneously as expressions of handicrafts that have existed in Mexico for many years, and the vivid hallucinations of “one guy.”

That, to me, is a lot of fun.

Of course, those who would turn a more critical eye to the nation of Mexico’s concentrated effort to make Día de Muertos a cultural institution would have plenty to point out.

While the holiday exists, as many things in Mexico do, as a combination of Indigenous practices with the Catholic Church, its most enduring form has historically been primarily practiced by rural Indigenous communities.

It was President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río who, in the 1930s, saw in the holiday a branding opportunity for a newly independent Mexico to lean into a romanticized idea of its Indigenous past to separate itself from Europe and Catholicism.

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Such practices fall roughly in line with the racialized myth-making, both popular and widely criticized, that holds that the Mexican people (typically defined here as excluding Indigenous communities that continue to exist within the country’s borders) are a new sort of people, born of Spanish and Indigenous blood to create a new raza.

There’s more to it than that, but, broadly speaking, there is a recurring phenomenon of nation-states utilizing the aesthetics and cultural output of their Indigenous peoples to assert a unique heritage and identity while those Indigenous peoples themselves often languish in the margins without resources and without the material support of the nation-state in question.

As for Día de Muertos, I have seen graveyards in rural communities overrun with tourists trampling over each other while gawking at the ofrendas and cultural practices that probably seem macabre or morbid to them.

With the success of films like “Coco” (a film I very much enjoy) and with the Mexican government continuing to promote the holiday as a cultural export, it’s likely that these trends will continue, and there is plenty to criticize and question there.

But there isn’t anything terribly unique happening in all this. Holidays and traditions common in the United States have a similar pedigree.

I think, for example, of Christmas and Easter. One thing the Catholic Church is going to do is see a popular festival and go: “That looks neat. Can we work it into our whole thing?”

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The pagan roots of many of our holidays, and their previous associations with nature and harvests, are well known. It seems that there is interplay between native populations, empire, religion and nationalism. It’s how you get chocolate eggs and rabbits associated with the son of God’s triumph over death, I guess.

This was probably true in pre-Columbian Mexico as well.

To bring it back to our favorite holiday where we eat candy skulls, my favorite element of Día de Muertos, the thing that makes it a top-tier celebration, is the incorporation of humor. It’s both a solemn occasion, and an invitation to mock death, to laugh at it, to embrace it as an old friend who just walked into the bar. You’re supposed to rib death a bit. It doesn’t have to be so serious.

There is a lot of comfort to be had, here in a frightening, utterly industrialized world that alienates us both from each other and from ourselves, in the notion of unassailable tradition. It’s a beautiful thought, that there is something pure, something free of sin that sprang up from an older, better place, and we can commune with it if we are gentle enough with it, if we genuflect before it and we don’t let any outsiders get their grubby mitts on it.

But I am of the perhaps controversial belief that humans throughout the ages aren’t so radically different from one another in their impulses and behaviors. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to be reverent of the past and to honor our roots. Traditions like Día de Muertos remind us where we come from, tell us to hold space for the people who’ve come before us and give us an opportunity to reflect on our collective past.

But it can be so tempting, when acknowledging ancestors, to place those figures on such a pedestal that it puts them at a glum remove, and we can come to forget that they, like us, were just people doing their best with what they had in an imperfect world.

We can come to forget that we, ourselves, will one day be ancestors to someone. We, too, have been gifted with the ability to make new traditions and to draw from the wisdom of the past in order to shape and generate the world to come.

Día de Muertos is a celebration of our deceased loved ones, but it’s also a celebration of the present, of movement, of transition. It tells us that death is nothing to fear because death is simply another phase of life. “Things change,” the holiday says, “we don’t have to be afraid of that.”

And so, as Día de Muertos continues its march through the streets of time, entering U.S. cities and decor aisles in Target, I try to remember this core lesson. Human life has always been a chaotic, absurd, turbulent, joyful affair.

Sometimes, you just have to laugh.

John Paul Brammer is a columnist, author, illustrator and content creator based in Brooklyn. He is the author of ”Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons” based on his successful advice column. He has written for outlets like the Guardian, NBC News and the Washington Post. He will write a weekly essay for De Los.

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Así surgió el desfile de Día de Muertos en CDMX, gracias a James Bond

La película ‘007: spectre’ de james bond inspiró el ahora tradicional desfile de día de muertos, en la ciudad de méxico..

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En 2015, se estrenó ‘007: Spectre’, la vigésimo cuarta de la serie de películas James Bond, que inicia con algunas escenas realizadas en la Ciudad de México, mostrando un desfile por el Día de Muertos , el cual ahora es una tradición en la capital del país.

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Aquí te mostramos cómo es la cinta que dio pie este evento, que ahora se celebra año con año en la CDMX, mostrando las tradiciones de estas fiestas en México.

La escena de ‘007: Spectre’, de James Bond, que dio pie al Desfile del Día de Muertos

La trama comienza en la Ciudad de México, cuando el agente James Bond frustra un intento de atentado con bomba en un estadio durante el festival del Día de Muertos.

Esta cinta fue filmada en varias ciudades del mundo, incluyendo CDMX. Para esta escena en especifico se requirieron más de mil extras, 10 esqueletos gigantes y 250 mil flores de papel.

Se grabó en las principales calles del centro histórico , incluyendo el zócalo, para ello, se cerró el paso por varias horas, mientras la producción hacía lo suyo. Aquí puedes ver la escena completa:

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Here's what the Day of the Dead means, and why it endures

People take part in the Catrinas Parade, representing the character of La Catrina, to commemorate the Day of the Dead, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Oct. 29, 2022.

MEXICO CITY — José García López was sweating profusely as he stirred a cauldron of boiling oil in which dozens of potatoes were swimming, though his mind, he said, was on something else.

“When I’m done I’m going to buy the paper and candles that I need; I can’t let my grandparents down,” he said Friday afternoon, referring to the decorations he's going to make to honor his deceased relatives, as he spoke on the sidewalk of the Panteón Francés de la Piedad, an old cemetery in Mexico City.

García López is a street vendor who, like millions of Mexicans inside and outside the country, was getting ready to celebrate Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, a holiday in which Indigenous and Catholic traditions blend to honor loved ones who have died.

"I like that Mexicans do not forget our dead. In that way we are different," he said. "We live here, while relatives remember us."

The idea is magical and powerful: celebrating the dead for a few days while their souls return to Earth to share with the living. Nov. 1 honors deceased children and Nov. 2 focuses on adults.

The "Day of the Dead Parade" in Mexico City on Oct. 29, 2022.

"In Mexico, Nov. 1 and 2 are very special days because they celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, respectively," said Diana Martínez, an academic at the Institute of Anthropological Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM.

Día de los Muertos is celebrated not just across Mexico, but also in U.S. cities such as Los Angeles and New York, where large offerings, parades and cultural events are held. Countries like Spain, the Philippines, Brazil and Guatemala, among others, also have traditions to celebrate their deceased.

Both public places and homes are filled with altars or offerings to commemorate loved ones with their favorite things, and decorations include cempasúchil flowers (marigolds), paper cut-outs, candles, salt, water, chocolate, sugar skulls, pan de muerto (bread of the dead) and the favorite foods and liquor of the deceased.

"It is a purely Catholic tradition that the Spaniards bring to Mexico and merges with the entire worldview or form of Mesoamerican thought. It is a festival that gives us belonging and unites us," Martínez said.

Popular beliefs vary depending on the Mexican region. Apart from Nov. 1 and 2, Oct. 28 is celebrated for those who died tragically or accidentally, and Oct. 30 is dedicated to those who died without being baptized and are in limbo.

From the 11th century to 'Coco' and 'Spectre'

The festivity dates back to the 11th century, when the abbot of Cluny created a special day to honor believers who died when Christianity was still considered a sect and persecutions and executions were frequent. By the 13th century, the Roman Catholic Church established Nov. 1 as All Saints’ Day.

In Spain, "the kingdoms of León, Aragón and Castile prepared sweets and breads similar to relics, which are the remains or bones of saints," Martínez said.

This ritual was combined with ancient festivals related to the end of the rainy season, harvest and drought. "It is that duality of abundance and scarcity, of life and death," she said.

Since before Spaniards and Christianity came to Latin America, Indigenous groups such as the Nahuas established rites and festivals that celebrated the deceased, as is the case of Miccailhuitontli, the Aztec Festival of the Little Dead.

The 23rd Annual Dia De Los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 29, 2022, in Hollywood, Calif.

The ancient Mexicans considered death a transition, not the end of existence but the beginning of the journey to Mictlan, the place of eternal rest in Aztec mythology.

Following the Mexican Revolution and the first years of independence, what it meant to be Mexican was re-evaluated, Martínez said, and that promoted a series of traditions such as the Day of the Dead. In the 1930s, President Lázaro Cárdenas promoted the celebration, trying to distance it a little from the Catholic Church and emphasizing its Indigenous, pre-Hispanic roots.

In 2008, UNESCO declared Día de los Muertos an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity , and in recent years it has transcended borders, becoming a cultural phenomenon enhanced by movies such as Pixar's "Coco," which grossed more than $800 million worldwide.

The Day of the Dead was prominent in the memorable opening scene of the 2015 James Bond movie "Spectre," in which actor Daniel Craig seduces a catrina — the female skeleton — while running, jumping, shooting and exploding a building in the Historic Center of Mexico City during the Día de los Muertos parade.

It's a case in which reality imitates fiction because that parade had never been done, but now it's celebrated every year; in 2021 over 400,000 people participated. 

"There are people who say that this is pure cultural marketing, but they don't understand that culture is culture because it changes, adapts and transforms," said Enrique Rodríguez Balam, a researcher at UNAM'S Peninsular Center for Humanities and Social Sciences in Mérida, Yucatán. "For me it is a triumph that this parade is popular and brings together thousands of people."

Altars, dancing, even cleaning bones

From Oct. 28, offerings begin to be made at altars, both public and private, and of all sizes. Although there are variations, there seems to be a consensus among experts about the shape of the altars: They are three steps or levels that, from bottom to top, represent the underworld, the earthly plane and the upper stage.

"Although it began with the saints and the faithful departed, now it has become popular to put movie stars, grandparents, saints and even pets," Martínez said. "In general, the offerings contain salt, water, copal (tree resin), candles, flowers, papel picado (paper cut-outs), skulls, photographs of loved ones and the deceased’s favorite dishes. Depending on the region there are changes. For example, in the Huasteca arches with flowers and fruits are placed that invite the dead to enter to the earthly world."

According to the  National Institute of Indigenous Peoples , each element has a specific meaning.

Water is a symbol of life and is included so that the souls recover after their long journey. Since ancient times, salt has been an element of purification because, among other things, it helps prevent bodies from becoming corrupted.

The Day of the Dead parade on Oct. 30, 2022, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The candles are light and guide the souls so they can return to their old places: The number of candles on the altar will depend on the souls that the family wants to receive. If the candles are placed in the shape of a cross, they represent the cardinal points so that souls can find their way home.

Copal or incense is used to cleanse places of evil spirits. In general, flowers adorn the room of the soul; marigolds are stripped in some places to make paths of petals and guide the deceased to the offering.

The izcuintle dog helps the souls to cross the powerful river before entering Mictlan. Bread is a Christian element that symbolizes "the Body of Christ," according to the Institute. Portraits of loved ones are the physical representation of those who are no longer on Earth, and their favorite dishes are also part of the celebration.

Some practices include making altars on tombstones. In some towns in Mexico there are dances with masks; it's believed that the souls of the dead temporarily take over the bodies of the living. In some towns in Guatemala, the celebrations lead to parties where people end up singing in cemeteries among the dead. 

Few celebrations are as peculiar as those that take place in the Pomuch cemetery, in the Mexican state of Campeche, where the Cleaning of the Holy Remains takes place. In that town, the remains of loved ones rest in boxes at the cemetery and, every year, people gather to clean their relatives' bones.

'A beautiful tradition'

Mexican culture's fascination with and respect for death has been a recurring motif in the country’s literary tradition. Important writers such as José Revueltas, Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and Juan Rulfo have reflected on this in their works.

"What is a fact is that the Mexican's obsession with mixing death with a celebration of rituals and daily life is something very much ours," Rodríguez Balam said, "and that is what draws attention in other parts of the world."

People take part in the "Day of the Dead Parade" in Mexico City on Oct. 29, 2022.

Raúl Flores, 57, is a gravedigger at the Panteón Francés de la Piedad cemetery. He lives among the bowels of the Earth where everything changes, even the notion of time — he measures time by how long it takes to dig pits.

“In this job we deal with so many things, and, in the end, death is something very, very common, right? It’s just one more step that all people, rich and poor, have to go through,” he said.

He's worked at the cemetery from a very young age and has witnessed many Día de los Muertos celebrations.

"It is a beautiful tradition, because people remember their grandparents, their parents, their brothers," he said. "It is not sad. Rather many times they look happy when they make the altars. People think that cemeteries are scary, but no. They are the quietest places."

An earlier version of this story was first published on Noticias Telemundo.

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'spectre', la nueva película del espía británico, hace su estreno en méxico.

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James Bond ha vuelto a México. Entre calaveras y en pleno Día de Muertos, el elenco de Spectre , la nueva entrega sobre el espía británico, ha pisado el Auditorio Nacional para el estreno del filme. La producción del agente 007 ha hecho un espectacular despliegue en el corazón de la Ciudad de México para continuar en el continente Americano con el éxito de la película que se estrena en la región el próximo viernes.

Gigantescas catrinas y mujeres vestidas de tehuanas rodearon la alfombra roja por la que caminaron los protagonistas de la entrega 24 de la saga inspirada en la obra de Ian Fleming. El más solicitado fue Daniel Craig , el misterioso James Bond de ojos azules que ha confesado, tras su cuarta participación en la franquicia, que duda sobre continuar en el papel del agente 007. “Todavía no sé si seguiré”, responde a las insistentes preguntas. Sus compañeros coinciden en que Craig ha transformado al personaje. “Este es nuestro James Bond porque vive entre nosotros”, dice el actor Christoph Waltz, el villano en Spectre .

Una de las razones por la que la película ha sido estrenada en México es la secuencia de apertura del filme dirigido por Sam Mendes. Durante ocho minutos, el agente del servicio secreto británico pelea contra los villanos y protagoniza una persecución en el centro de la Ciudad de México. El Zócalo fue uno de los principales escenarios donde más de 1.500 extras se sumaron para representar el Día de Muertos. Un verdadero anuncio turístico para el país norteamericano en cientos de salas de cine.

“Me parece una secuencia espectacular y es mi favorita de toda la película. México se ve increíble y hermoso”; ha contado Stephanie Sigman, la actriz mexicana que interpreta a Estrella , una de las chicas Bond de la cinta. Esta es la primera vez que una intérprete mexicana actúa en un filme del popular espía. Sigman, además, se ha llevado los halagos de sus compañeros. “Ella está en una escena muy importante. Es hermosa y es una gran actriz”, ha dicho Craig.

Los actores, que acudieron al estreno mundial la semana pasada en Londres, han reconocido que la alfombra roja en México ha estado rodeada del misticismo de las fiestas de muertos. “Esta premier es un poco más ruidosa. Lo pasamos muy bien rodando la película aquí y lo mejor es volver para celebrarla”, apunta Craig. Al estreno en el coloso de Reforma también han acudido celebridades, políticos y empresarios.

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10 Things To Watch To Celebrate the Day Of The Dead

Celebrate the Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos with these must-watch stories for all ages.

The Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos - commonly known as Day of the Dead - is typically celebrated two days after Halloween, but ranges anywhere from Halloween through the first week of November. Dating back 3000 years ago, this holiday honors the souls of the dead, who return to visit their family members on earth.

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Everything from animated children's movies to an action-packed James Bond film to an underrated horror celebrates this Mexican tradition with must-watch stories all ages will enjoy this Día de los Muertos.

'Coco' (2017)

Miguel Land of the Dead

When you think of Day of the Dead in film, the first movie you probably think of is Pixar's Coco. The 2017 movie beautifully depicts the Land of the Dead and the skeletal souls that reside there with bright, neon colors and the intricate artistry of sugar skulls.

When Miguel winds up in the Land of the Dead after paying a visit to his musical idol's mausoleum, the young boy embarks on a journey of discovering his true family history with the help of his new pal Hector and his favorite musician Ernesto de la Cruz.

'Spectre' (2015)

MI6 Agent James Bond and his partner attend the Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico.

The 2015 James Bond film Spectre opens with a spectacular take on Mexico's Day of the Dead festival. Because the movie centers around Bond being haunted by someone he believed to be dead, the pre-credits sequence full of sugar skull face paint and skeleton floats perfectly launches the film into its story.

When 007 discovers the evil organization SPECTRE after a deadly mission in Mexico City, he enlists the help of an old enemy's daughter, who joins him on his new mission to take down this secret organization.

'The Book Of Life' (2014)

Characters from the 'Book of Life'

The Book of Life takes place on the Day of the Dead when rulers of both the Land of the Remembered and the Land of the Forgotten are onlookers to a young girl and her two suitors competing for her love.

Friends since childhood, Maria, Manolo and Joaquin grew up and grew apart, but Manolo's and Joaquin's love for Maria never changed. When both boys want to marry her, the film follows Manolo's journey as he decides whether to meet his family's expectations or follow his heart.

'Day Of The Dead: A Celebration Of Life' (2020)

Day of the Dead A Celebration of Life

Day Of The Dead: A Celebration Of Life is a 2020 documentary that takes viewers on an in-depth journey about Día de los Muertos and the traditions that follow when spirits of the dead arrive to visit the living.

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The film gives an inside look at Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities. This includes honoring those who have passed with photographs and candles, preparing for the festival with skeletons and marigolds, and the cultural music of Mariachi and Cumbia.

'A Night In Old Mexico' (2013)

A Night in Old mexico

The Spanish-American western A Night in Old Mexico sees a grandfather and grandson have one last hurrah in Old Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities before they must give up their land.

While the holiday isn't the primary focus of the film, it does show the characters taking part in the celebration of Día de los Muertos and all its beauty while in Old Mexico, including a memorable dance sequence.

Season 1, Episode 24 "Night Of The Day Of The Dead" ('Lizzie McGuire,' 2001)

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Every millennial learned everything they know about Day of the Dead thanks to the Halloween episode of Lizzie McGuire titled "Night of the Day of the Dead." While Lizzie and the school prepare for the Halloween party, Miranda decides to add some touches of Día de los Muertos to the festivities, but to Kate's dismay.

The episode teaches the meaning of the holiday while centering around Miranda's skeleton decorations, who come to life as Miranda's ancestors and pay a visit to the living when Kate disrespects them and Miranda's heritage.

'De Un Jalón Hasta El Panteón' (2009)

De Un Jalon Hasta El Panteon

De Un Jalón Hasta El Panteón is an 8-minute short released in 2009 and directed by Enrique Sañudo. The short was hand-drawn by David Herrera and Sañudo and appeared in several film festivals in 2009 and 2010.

This short follows a man who visits the World of the Dead while dreaming. After spotting someone he once knew, he wakes up and realizes the importance of honoring those who have passed on and continuing their legacy for the generations that came after.

'The Halloween Tree' (1993)

The main characters from The Halloween Tree

While The Halloween Tree is arguably one of the most terrifying children's films of all time, it does a good job of teaching the viewers about the Day of the Dead when the characters take an unexpected trip to Mexico on Halloween night.

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When a group of friends goes on a journey to save their friend's life, they travel through different times and places that explain each child's Halloween costume, including a stop in Mexico during Día de los Muertos to teach them the significance of skeletons.

'All Souls Day' (2005)

All Souls Day

Zombie horror movies tend to be more of a Halloween hit, but the concept of the dead returning to life fits the theme of Día de los Muertos in 2005's All Souls Day, a film set in Mexico during a zombie apocalypse on the Day of the Dead.

When a young couple arrives in a small town in Mexico, they accidentally stumble upon a human sacrifice. They witness the locals' Day of the Dead tradition to please the spirits who previously inhabited their little down, which later causes the dead to rise from their graves.

'Macario' (1960)

Macario

The 1960 Mexican supernatural drama Macario has been a Día de los Muertos classic for decades, being the first ever Mexican film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1961.

Similar to the premise of A Christmas Carol, Macario follows a peasant man who is visited by three divine beings who long for his dinner the night before the Day of the Dead. Macario must decide who will receive a portion of his food.

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Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

By: History.com Editors

Updated: April 24, 2023 | Original: October 30, 2018

Dia de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration.

A blend of Mesoamerican ritual, European religion and Spanish culture, the holiday is celebrated each year from October 31-November 2. While October 31 is Halloween, November 1-2 is All Souls Day or the Day of the Dead. According to tradition, the gates of heaven are opened at midnight on October 31 and the spirits of children can rejoin their families for 24 hours. The spirits of adults can do the same on November 2.

Origins of Day of the Dead

The roots of the Day of the Dead, celebrated in contemporary Mexico and among those of Mexican heritage in the United States and around the world, go back some 3,000 years, to the rituals honoring the dead in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The Aztecs and other Nahua people living in what is now central Mexico held a cyclical view of the universe, and saw death as an integral, ever-present part of life.

Upon dying, a person was believed to travel to Chicunamictlán, the Land of the Dead. Only after getting through nine challenging levels, a journey of several years, could the person’s soul finally reach Mictlán, the final resting place. In Nahua rituals honoring the dead, traditionally held in August, family members provided food, water and tools to aid the deceased in this difficult journey. This inspired the contemporary Day of the Dead practice in which people leave food or other offerings on their loved ones’ graves, or set them out on makeshift altars called ofrendas in their homes.

Day of the Dead vs. All Souls Day

In ancient Europe, pagan celebrations of the dead also took place in the fall, and consisted of bonfires, dancing and feasting. Some of these customs survived even after the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, which (unofficially) adopted them into their celebrations of two Catholic holidays, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, celebrated on the first two days of November.

In medieval Spain, people would bring bring wine and pan de ánimas (spirit bread) to the graves of their loved ones on All Souls Day; they would also cover graves with flowers and light candles to illuminate the dead souls’ way back to their homes on Earth. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadores brought such traditions with them to the New World, along with a darker view of death influenced by the devastation of the bubonic plague .

How Is the Day of the Dead Celebrated?

El Día de los Muertos is not, as is commonly thought, a Mexican version of Halloween , though the two holidays do share some traditions, including costumes and parades. On the Day of the Dead, it’s believed that the border between the spirit world and the real world dissolves. During this brief period, the souls of the dead awaken and return to the living world to feast, drink, dance and play music with their loved ones. In turn, the living family members treat the deceased as honored guests in their celebrations, and leave the deceased’s favorite foods and other offerings at gravesites or on the ofrendas built in their homes. Ofrendas can be decorated with candles, bright marigolds called cempasuchil and red cock’s combs alongside food like stacks of tortillas and fruit.

The most prominent symbols related to the Day of the Dead are calacas (skeletons) and calaveras (skulls). In the early 20th century, the printer and cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada incorporated skeletal figures in his art mocking politicians and commenting on revolutionary politics. His most well-known work, La Calavera Catrina , or Elegant Skull, features a female skeleton adorned with makeup and dressed in fancy clothes. The 1910 etching was intended as a statement about Mexicans adopting European fashions over their own heritage and traditions.  La Calavera Catrina was then adopted as one of the most recognizable Day of the Dead icons.

During contemporary Day of the Dead festivities, people commonly wear skull masks and eat sugar candy molded into the shape of skulls. The pan de ánimas of All Souls Day rituals in Spain is reflected in pan de muerto, the traditional sweet baked good of Day of the Dead celebrations today. Other food and drink associated with the holiday , but consumed year-round as well, include spicy dark chocolate and the corn-based drink called atole. You can wish someone a happy Day of the Dead by saying, “Feliz día de los Muertos.”

Movies Featuring Day of the Dead

Traditionally, the Day of the Dead was celebrated largely in the more rural, indigenous areas of Mexico, but starting in the 1980s it began spreading into the cities. UNESCO reflected growing awareness of the holiday in 2008, when it added Mexico’s “Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead” to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In recent years, the tradition has developed even more due to its visibility in pop culture and its growing popularity in the United States, where more than 36 million people identified as being of partial or full Mexican ancestry as of 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau .

Inspired by the 2015 James Bond movie Spectre , which featured a large Day of the Dead parade, Mexico City held its first-ever parade for the holiday in 2016. In 2017, a number of major U.S. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio and Fort Lauderdale, held Day of the Dead parades. That November, Disney and Pixar released the blockbuster animated hit Coco , a $175 million homage to the Mexican tradition in which a young boy is transported to the Land of the Dead and meets up with his long-lost ancestors.  

Though the particular customs and scale of Day of the Dead celebrations continue to evolve, the heart of the holiday has remained the same over thousands of years. It’s an occasion for remembering and celebrating those who have passed on from this world, while at the same time portraying death in a more positive light, as a natural part of the human experience.

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What Is Day of the Dead, the Mexican Holiday?

Día de Muertos is an intimate family tradition, a moment to remember and honor those we have lost, and allow them back into our homes, even just for an evening.

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By Oscar Lopez

MEXICO CITY — Day of the Dead, or Día de Muertos, is one of the most important celebrations in Mexico, with roots dating back thousands of years, long before Spanish settlers arrived. It has become a blend of Catholic tradition and Mexican mysticism, commemorating death as another element of life and as a way to remember and honor loved ones.

In bustling markets, stalls sell decorated skulls made of sugar or chocolate and sheets of tissue paper, cut into delicate shapes, adorn stores and restaurants. In houses all over the country, families carefully place photographs of their ancestors on an altar beside candles and a traditional Mexican pastry as incense fills the air. In flower shops, freshly cut marigolds line the storefronts.

Although the tradition has long been part of Mexican culture, the holiday has of late become an important tourist draw, with travelers visiting towns and cities across the country to witness the colorful displays of ofrendas , altars to invite the spirits of the dead back into the world of the living.

While the festivities have appeared in Oscar-winning movies and even commercials for major companies, for Mexicans it remains an intimate family tradition, a moment to remember and honor those we have lost, and allow them back into our homes, even just for an evening. And in a country where violence and tragedy have become pervasive, it is also a reminder of Mexico’s ability to persevere and laugh at anything — even death.

When is Day of the Dead?

It is observed on Nov. 2, when all souls of the dead are believed to return to the world of the living. But the celebration typically begins on Oct. 28, with each day dedicated to a different kind of death: people who died in accidents or children who died before being baptized, for example. All Saint’s Day, on Nov. 1, honors anyone who led a pure life, particularly children.

Who celebrates Day of the Dead?

It is primarily a Mexican tradition, but other Catholic countries around the world also honor the deceased. In the Philippines, relatives visit the graves of the dead, bringing flowers and lighting candles. In Brazil, there is Dia de Finados. And in many other countries, including the United States, Nov. 2 is similarly recognized as All Souls’ Day, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead.

Where did Day of the Dead originate?

The holiday has its origins in Indigenous cultures dating back thousands of years, particularly influenced by the Aztec or Mexica people. In Aztec culture, death was transitory, and the souls of the dead could return to visit the living. At least two important festivals in the fall would celebrate the dead and invite them back to the world of the living. After the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, those traditions were melded into the Catholic calendar, and are now celebrated to coincide with All Souls’ Day.

How is Day of the Dead celebrated?

Celebrations vary by region, but some elements tend to be universal. People typically place photos of deceased loved ones at an ofrenda, along with their favorite food or drink. In some parts of the country, like Morelos state, families open their doors to anyone interested in viewing the altar, offering them food like pan de muerto , a traditional Mexican pastry , and atole, a drink made from corn. On Nov. 2, many head to cemeteries to place flowers, candles and other offerings at graves.

As the tradition’s global popularity has grown, particularly with Hollywood films like “Coco” and “The Book of Life,” festivities have become larger and more elaborate.

After the 2015 James Bond film “Spectre” featured an elaborate Day of the Dead parade snaking through downtown Mexico City, officials held a real-life version , which included dancers in bright costumes and floats with images of giant skulls. The parade has since become an important tourist attraction for the capital, with 2.6 million attending in 2019.

In the United States, cities with large Mexican populations like Los Angeles, Chicago and San Antonio also hold celebrations, including parades, exhibitions and street fairs.

What items are placed on an altar?

Altars normally have multiple levels: Two levels symbolize the earth and the sky, three levels can represent heaven, earth and purgatory, while seven levels signify the seven steps to enter the afterlife, or the seven deadly sins.

Every ofrenda includes items meant to correspond to the four elements: earth, water, air and fire. Ashes or dirt typically stand in for earth. A glass of water lets the spirits quench their thirst after a long journey, and tissue paper carved with elaborate motifs is commonly used to represent air. Candles signify fire, helping guide the dead home.

Altars also often feature small skulls made of sugar or chocolate, as well as pan de muerto. For altars to children, some place a small toy dog while a woven rug offers souls a place to rest. The favorite food, drink or other items beloved by the dead are important, too, as well as copal , a kind of incense to cleanse the space.

Which flowers symbolize the Day of the Dead?

The most important flower is the marigold, though its meaning varies. Its bright yellow petals are said to represent the sun and act as a guide for the souls of the dead to return home. Other significant flowers include white baby’s breath, which can stand for purity, as well as the bright red velvet flower, which often add a splash of color to ofrendas.

What is pan de muerto?

Pan de muerto , or bread of the dead, is a traditional Mexican pastry. Central to Day of the Dead celebrations, it is placed on the altar as an offering and also eaten as a tasty treat throughout October. Like much of the celebration, the pastry has its roots in Aztec culture of centuries past, when different kinds of traditional breads would be used as offerings. Round in shape, with a pair of crossed bones and a circle representing a skull made of pastry on top, the pan de muerto is similar in texture to challah, usually sprinkled with sugar or other toppings.

Arrestan a sospechoso del crimen de dos estudiantes hallados muertos en un dormitorio universitario en Colorado

Nicholas jordan, de 25 años, fue arrestado y acusado formalmente de asesinato en primer grado tras la muerte de celine rain montgomery y samuel knopp.

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Un hombre fue arrestado e identificado en relación con el asesinato de dos estudiantes en un dormitorio de la Universidad de Colorado el pasado viernes en la madrugada.

El sujeto, identificado como Nicholas Jordan, de 25 años, fue puesto bajo custodia el lunes por el Equipo de Aplicación Táctica del Departamento de Policía de Colorado Springs. Formalmente, enfrenta dos cargos de asesinato en primer grado tras la muerte de Celie Rain Montgomery, de 26 años, y Samuel Knopp, de 24.

Aunque la policía no ha revelado la relación entre el sospechoso y las víctimas, se conoció que el tiroteo no fue un acto de violencia aleatoria, sino un “incidente aislado” entre personas que se conocían.

Montgomery y Knopp fueron hallados sin vida en el dormitorio Creston House, donde se reportaron los disparos. Ambos presentaban al menos una herida de bala; sin embargo, la causa y la forma de muerte serán determinadas por el forense del Condado de El Paso.

Knopp era un estudiante de último año del programa de artes visuales y escénicas de la universidad. La institución destacó que era un “consumado guitarrista y un músico de gran talento” . Por su parte, Montgomery, aunque no era estudiante, también era formaba parte de la comunidad universitaria.

Ante el trágico desenlace en el campus, la universidad expresó su pesar por la pérdida de los dos jóvenes y publicó un mensaje en Facebook en su memoria. “ Celie y Samuel eran personas maravillosas y creativas que nos inspiraron a todos”, escribió la universidad.

Tras el tiroteo, la universidad activó un protocolo de seguridad y ordenó a los estudiantes y al personal que se refugiaran en el lugar. Además, cerró el campus por el resto del día y ofreció apoyo psicológico a los afectados.

La universidad declaró el lunes un Día de Curación y canceló las clases. En su lugar, invitó a los miembros de la comunidad a participar en actividades de reflexión, solidaridad y bienestar.

Con información de KOMO News (Colorado)

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El número de muertos en la Franja de Gaza alcanza más de 28 mil tras 135 días de guerra

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Un total de 28.985 personas han muerto en ataques israelíes en la Franja de Gaza desde el estallido de la guerra el 7 de octubre del año pasado , según datos del Ministerio de Sanidad del enclave palestino. (También:  Ataques en Gaza: crece el temor por los pacientes de un hospital asaltado por Israel).

Según datos del Ministerio, controlado por el grupo islamista Hamás, en las últimas 24 horas al menos 127 palestinos fallecieron y 205 resultaron heridas. "La ocupación israelí perpetró 13 matanzas contra familias de la Franja de Gaza", denunció Sanidad en un comunicado que recuerda que miles de cuerpos siguen sepultados bajo los escombros. Asimismo, agregó que con estas últimas cifras, el número de heridos en la guerra se eleva a 68.883. Israel declaró la guerra a Hamás tras el ataque del 7 de octubre contra Israel, en el que murieron 1.200 personas y fueron secuetradas en torno a 250.  Por otro lado, el primer ministro palestino, Mohamed Shtayeh, aseguró este domingo que es necesaria la intervención de la Unión Europea, la ONU, Estados Unidos o los países árabes para la creación del Estado palestino porque la Autoridad Palestina "no tiene un socio en Israel con quien sentarse y hablar". "La situación es muy grave. Hay miembros en el Gobierno israelí que no nos quieren ver, ni como estado, ni tampoco como Autoridad, este es el problema, por primera vez no tenemos un socio en Israel con quien sentarnos y hablar y cuando no hay un socio, no puede haber un proceso, por eso se necesita una intervención de una tercera parte que puede ser Europa, la ONU, Estados Unidos o los países árabes que vengan con una solución", dijo Shtayeh.

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Edificio dañado tras un ataque militar israelí en Nabatiyeh, sur de Líbano.

En el marco de la Conferencia de Seguridad de Múnich, que concluye hoy en Alemania, el primer ministro palestino dijo que "cuando la gente habla del día después, nosotros hablamos no solo del día después en Gaza sino en toda palestina". "¿Qué sentido tiene controlar las cosas en Gaza y que la situación pueda explotar en Cisjordania?", se preguntó el político palestino en referencia a la continua presión del Gobierno israelí contra los palestinos de este territorio En este sentido, denunció que Israel "está lanzado cuatro tipos de guerra" contra Cisjordania. "Confiscación de tierras; 755.000 colonos judíos que viven en el territorio palestino, la mayoría colonos armados; 700 controles (militares israelíes), un muro rodeando Jerusalén que separa a palestinos de palestinos y la deducción de una cantidad sustancial de nuestros impuestos que colecta de nuestra parte", agregó Shtayeh. POr otra parte, mostró su disposición a hablar con el grupo islamista Hamás, considerado terrorista por Israel, especialmente en la reunión de las facciones palestinas organizada por Rusia a finales de este mes. Sin embargo, pidió a Hamás que sea "realista" y que "se alinee con las posiciones" de la Organización de la Liberación de Palestina (OLP) para reintegrarse en dicha entidad. "Por supuesto, Hamás es una parte integral de la arena política palestina; pero para que Hamás sea miembro de la OLP, existen ciertos requisitos previos que Hamás debe aceptar", dijo Shtayeh que también insistió en que está listo a entablar conversaciones con el grupo islamista. Las declaraciones de Shtayeh se producen un días después de que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, volviera a mostrar su rechazo a la creación de un Estado palestino. "Tampoco nos rendiremos a los dictados internacionales sobre el asunto de un acuerdo futuro con los palestinos (...) El acuerdo se logrará solo a través de negociaciones directas entre las partes, sin condiciones previas. Israel, bajo mi liderazgo, seguirá oponiéndose firmemente a un reconocimiento unilateral de un estado palestino", dijo. Para Netanyahu, el reconocimiento de un estado palestino después del ataque de Hamás el 7 de octubre, en el que murieron 1.200 personas supondría el "mayor premio al terror, que no tiene precedentes y evitará cualquier acuerdo futuro por la paz".

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