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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,754 published reviews in this topic

NewtralPolitics & government

Nicolás Maduro y los niños que «se mueren de hambre a propósito”

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim originated in an image of a newspaper from Bolivia’s La Voz, which reported that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had said children were deliberately starving themselves so Venezuela would be declared to be in a humanitarian crisis and the United States would intervene. The review identifies the clipping as a report dated Wednesday, August 31, 2016, and says the content was invented by a humor website.

NewtralPolitics & government

El Ayuntamiento de Valencia ha aprobado que las personas trans puedan viajar gratis en los autobuses de la ciudad

Publisher’s rating: Falso

Newtral’s original review directly rejects the claim that Valencia City Council approved free bus travel for trans people. The supplied excerpt states that the claim is false, but gives no supporting investigation, evidence, or explanation of how the claim was checked. No further basis for the conclusion can be established from this excerpt.