Claudia Ruiz Massieu

Mexico making diplomatic changes in new U.S. strategy

A senior Mexican official said Thursday that a diplomatic shuffle in the United States reflects a new strategy to respond to false portrayals of Mexico that have spread during the U.S. presidential campaign.

"They are simply changes to put in place a new strategy in the environment we are living," Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu told The Associated Press. "It's a different environment than we had a year ago and one that obligates us, like anyone, to reconsider what we are doing and how we are doing it to have more effective, better results."

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