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NewtralPolitics & government

El embajador británico en la ONU dijo en 1967 que Inglaterra devolvería Gibraltar “el día en que España devuelva a Cataluña sus libertades”

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim is that Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations, Lord Caradon (Hugh Mackintosh Foot), said in 1967 that Britain would return Gibraltar when Spain restored Catalonia’s freedoms. Newtral reports that it found no such reference in the UN’s resolution from the December 1967 plenary session, in the documents it consulted, or in the 1967 annual report section on Gibraltar. The UN regional information centre told Newtral that transcripts of those sessions did not exist and directed it to the published documents and annual report. (The review says: “en la resolución de la sesión plenaria de diciembre de 1967 no hemos encontrado ninguna referencia a que el embajador inglés ante la ONU para la cuestión de Gibraltar, lord Caradon, pronunciara esas palabras sobre Cataluña”; and “No existen. Sin embargo, nos han remitido a los documentos publicados en su librería digital así como a la sección sobre Gibraltar del informe anual del año 1967”.) The review distinguishes the Catalonia allegation from contemporary reports that did mention betrayal. ABC correspondent José María Massip reported Caradon saying Britain would not betray Gibraltar’s inhabitants by leaving them “at the mercy of the Spaniards,” and that no UN agreement would divert Britain from its duties to Gibraltar’s people. Newtral says those remarks were also referenced in the British Parliament the following year, but that they contained nothing about Catalonia. (The review states: “Caradon dijo que Inglaterra no traicionaría a los habitantes de Gibraltar ‘dejándoles a merced de los españoles’ y que ningún acuerdo de la ONU les desviaría de ‘sus deberes hacia el pueblo de Gibraltar»”; and “Estas palabras también fueron referenciadas un año después en el Parlamento de Inglaterra al discurso que el lord Caradon pronunció ante la Asamblea de la ONU. Pero, de nuevo, nada sobre Cataluña.”) The review also places the disputed exchange in the session’s actual context: the main issue between Britain, Spain, and Gibraltar was the referendum held in Gibraltar on 10 September 1967, not the alleged response about the Treaty of Utrecht. It says the UN General Assembly rejected that referendum as contrary to its provisions and resolutions. Newtral concludes that the article 10 dispute was real, but was not the point of confrontation in that session. (The review says: “durante la Sesión Plenaria que se celebró los días 17 al 19 de diciembre de 1967, la temática entre Reino Unido, España y Gibraltar giró en torno al referéndum de autodeterminación que Reino Unido había celebrado en Gibraltar el 10 de septiembre de aquel año”; and “con la lectura de la hemeroteca y los documentos oficiales, se demuestra que este no fue el punto de enfrentamiento en aquella sesión.”)

台灣事實查核中心Politics & government

網傳維基百科圖片「楊蕙如是民進黨前立委蔡啟芳的兒媳婦，就是蔡易餘的老婆」，經查：根據蔡易餘身分證、公職人員財產申報表可見其配偶欄為空白。蔡易餘維基百科於2019年12月5日遭匿名使用者變更配偶為楊蕙如，經41分鐘後又由同一匿名使用者刪除。此傳言為「錯誤」訊息。

Publisher’s rating: 錯誤

The claim paired a Wikipedia image listing Yang Hui-ju as legislator Tsai Yi-yu’s wife with the assertion that she was the daughter-in-law of former legislator Tsai Chi-fang. The review examined both whether Yang was Tsai Yi-yu’s spouse and where the image’s information came from. It reports that the relevant public records and Tsai’s own clarification did not support the asserted marriage.

NewtralPolitics & government

Bruselas ha pedido al Gobierno de España que reduzca sus cargos públicos en 400.000 personas

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns a message circulating on WhatsApp that alleged Brussels had ordered Spain to cut 400,000 public-sector positions. Newtral reports that it contacted both the European Parliament and the European Commission to check whether either institution had made such a request. The Parliament said it had not taken a position on the situation described; the Commission said it knew of no request to reduce Spain’s public workforce, either by a specified number or otherwise. «Nos habéis preguntado a través de nuestro servicio de verificación de WhatsApp (+34 682 58 96 64) por una cadena que está moviéndose a través de este servicio de mensajería instantánea y en la que se recoge una supuesta orden por parte de Bruselas que solicita que España reduzca 400.000 cargos públicos.» «Es falso. Nos hemos puesto en contacto con el Parlamento Europeo, que nos han respondido que esta institución “no se ha pronunciado respecto a la situación mencionada”.» «No tenemos conocimiento de ninguna petición de la Comisión a España para que España reduzca el número de funcionarios ni tampoco de ninguna petición para que se reduzca el personal en un número específico».

Pagella PoliticaPolitics & government

«Cinque partiti, tutti guidati da donne, e una nuova premier, Sanna Marin, che a soli 34 anni è la più giovane del mondo. Dopo le elezioni, la Finlandia si sveglia con un nuovo governo tutto al femminile»

Publisher’s rating: C'eri quasi

The review says Marin, aged 34, could become the world’s youngest prime minister, and that all five parties in the governing coalition were led by women. But Marin’s selection followed a government crisis, not elections, and the proposed ministerial appointments included men, so the claim that Finland had a new all-female government was incorrect.