Claudia Sheinbaum won the elections in early June. A few days later, images emerged of a speech that was said to have been given in a room where there were images of historical figures linked to communism.
The video emerged as a scandal. Claudia Sheinbaum, former head of government of Mexico City, elected President of the country in the elections held in June (she will take office on October 1) needed little time to become the target of controversy.
The publication in question in this article refers to a photo published on Facebook, but it is an image taken from a video that supposedly shows the new President of Mexico in a speech in Russian, thanking those who voted for her, assuring her of the choice. . In addition to the language detail, the video also shows a portrait of Lenin and a bust of Karl Marx, two of the greatest symbols of communism, as well as the hammer and sickle symbol on the wall and also a small, Russian matryoshka doll traditional placed on the table behind which Claudia Sheinbaum is sitting speaking to the camera.
Shortly after, criticism emerged, with Claudia Sheinbaum’s association with politicians and regimes from other countries, and even threats to the new Mexican head of state.
As the images appeared, clarifications also appeared, and of a different nature. On the one hand, articles in the press from different countries. Examples of this clarification are the publications of RTVE (public radio and television in Spain) and La República (Peruvian newspaper). Both say the same thing: the video was manipulated, the images of Lenin and Marx do not exist in the original (just as the communist symbol does not exist) and the voice heard speaking Russian is not that of Claudia Sheinbaum.
As if that were not enough, there is also definitive proof: the original video, published on June 6, which includes a thank you, in fact, but also addresses post-election issues and clarifications on the electoral program of the President-elect of Mexico. . The video shows the new Mexican president speaking Spanish and, once again, the portrait and bust of characters linked to the history of communism do not appear in the image.
Conclusion
The video of the new President of Mexico was manipulated to include symbolic images of the communist universe, in addition to Claudia Sheinbaum appearing, in the edited version, speaking Russian (when the original video shows an intervention in Spanish).
Thus, according to the Observer classification system, this content is:
MISTAKEN
In Facebook’s ranking system this content is:
FAKE: claims about the main content are factually inaccurate. Generally, this option corresponds to “false” or “mostly false” ratings on fact-checking websites.
NOTE: This content was curated by Observador as part of a fact-checking partnership with Facebook.
Source: Observadora
