document: Article Type : BFN -LSB- Editorial Report -RSB- The following is a compilation of reactions to the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta , presidential candidate for the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party , PRI , on 23 March in Tijuana , Baja California . The Colombian Government and several presidential candidates today rejected the assassination of PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio . It has been disclosed that President Cesar Gaviria spoke with his Mexican counterpart Salinas de Gortari by telephone to express his condolences and to support the Mexican Government and people . Dissident liberal candidate Enrique Parejo said the assassination proves once again the serious threat politicians face when they appear at public rallies . Liberal Party candidate Ernesto Samper , who met with Colosio a few weeks ago , regretted the assassination and said that such violence is the result of `` savage capitalism . '' Conservative Party candidate Andres Pastrana also regretted Colosio 's death . -LRB- Hamburg DPA in Spanish 1636 GMT 24 Mar 94 -RRB- Lorenzo Menendez , an expert in Mexican affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry , today told PRENSA LATINA that Colosio 's assassination caused shock on the island . He extended his sympathy to the Mexican Government and people and to the Colosio family as well . Such an objectionable action fills us with indignation , Menendez said . The news media widely covered the tragic event . -LRB- Havana PRENSA LATINA 1813 GMT 24 Mar 94 -RRB- The Nationalist Republican Alliance , Arena , the ruling party in El Salvador , today released a communique condemning Colosio 's assassination and expressing solidarity with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari . Arena repudiated the `` cowardly assassination perpetrated by antidemocratic forces . '' Meanwhile , Ruben Zamora , presidential candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front , National Revolutionary Movement , and Democratic Convergence coalition , at a news conference expressed condolences to the Colosio family and the Mexican Government and people . -LRB- Panama City ACAN in Spanish 1706 GMT 24 Mar 94 -RRB- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Miguel Burelli Rivas today deplored Colosio 's assassination and disclosed that he had officially contacted his Mexican counterpart to express sadness over the incident . Colosio 's assassination was widely covered by Venezuelan news media today . -LRB- Hamburg DPA in Spanish 1639 GMT 24 Mar 94 -RRB-
extractive_keyphrases: presidential candidate luis donaldo colosio mexican government sympathy reactions colombian government pri assassination mexican president carlos salinas antidemocratic forces