Circulates by X and Facebook a video of people booing diplomatic vehicles in the street along with messages saying that these displays of disapproval are directed against former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Venezuela in July 2024.
- Context: This Sunday, July 28, Venezuela held its presidential elections. According to the official results, Nicolás Maduro has been re-elected, although the opposition denounces “electoral fraud.”
How do we verify the Zapatero video in Venezuela? A keyword search on YouTube results in A video from the Venezuelan delegation of the NTN24 news channel published May 20, 2018.
- This clip is longer than the viral one and includes, at the beginning, statements by Zapatero to the NTN24 reporter. From minute 1:14 This is where the fragment that is currently being broadcast is shown.
- At that time, Spanish media such as SER chain, The world o ABCamong others, echoed the booing of former President Zapatero in Venezuela.
More details. The clip that is currently being broadcast also shows the statements of a Venezuelan citizen against former President Zapatero.
- A video of May 25, 2018 coincides with the one we are verifying and also includes these statements.
Therefore, the video of Zapatero being booed in Venezuela is not current, but was recorded in May 2018 as he left a polling station in Caracas, coinciding with another election day.
