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Search results for "Back-to-back major earthquakes centered near Caracas struck Venezuela"

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Fact-checks (19608)

Alex Jones stated on January 03, 2026 in an X post:
Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
By Maria Briceño• January 5, 2026
Donald Trump stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times Magazine:
"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."
By Linda Qiu• May 25, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in an X post:
Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 7, 2026
Robert Hagan stated on January 10, 2012 in a news release:
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
By Aaron Marshall• January 24, 2012
X posts stated on July 28, 2024 in an X post:
Video shows “several masked men stormed a local voting station and stole the ballot boxes” in Venezuela’s 2024 election.
By Maria Briceño• July 30, 2024
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller:
"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."
By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2013
Facebook posts stated on February 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP
By Jeff Cercone• February 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2024 in en una publicación en Facebook:
“Estados Unidos decide INVADIR VENEZUELA”.
By Maria Briceño• July 31, 2024
X posts stated on June 07, 2026 in an X post:
This video shows a June 2026 earthquake in the Philippines.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 8, 2026
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 03, 2026 in in a speech on March 3, 2026:
“In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.”
By Zoe Weyand• March 20, 2026
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 14, 2017 in a Spanish-language radio ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez’s revolution" and "supports murderers."
By Amy Sherman• August 17, 2017
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2025 in news conference:
Regarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 16, 2025
Eric Cantor stated on August 29, 2011 in a TV interview.:
On disaster aid offsets
By Warren Fiske• September 2, 2011
Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014
Mike Pence stated on October 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"State Department officials actually directed contracts for the Haitian recovery after the earthquake to friends of the Clintons."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 19, 2016
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2021
Threads posts stated on November 01, 2024 in a Threads post:
Video shows 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Oregon.
By Jeff Cercone• November 8, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 08, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
"Maduro llega a Rusia para pedir ayuda armamentista ante las relaciones negativas con los países americanos".
By Marta Campabadal Graus• September 16, 2024
Sly James stated on February 07, 2014 in a radio interview:
Responding to a major snow event in Atlanta would be like Kansas City, Mo., responding to a major earthquake.
By Nancy Badertscher• February 12, 2014
Instagram posts stated on July 29, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
Este video muestra un robo de votos en la elección del 2024 en Venezuela.
By Maria Briceño• July 30, 2024

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