Did Nicolás Maduro take a photo with Claudia Sheinbaum during a meeting in Cuba in 1970?

A photograph in which Nicolás Maduro and Nicolás Maduro supposedly appear went viral on social networks and messaging applications. the president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum at a meeting in Cuba in the 1970s

Nicolás Maduro was one of the guests at the presidential inauguration from Sheinbaum, but he only limited himself to sending a congratulations message through social networks. Instead, the chancellor Yvan Gil attended on behalf of the Venezuelan Government.

According to some users on X, both rulers were “receiving training” in Havana, as were other young people from upper-class families who were fans of Marxism. But it is a manipulation.

The woman with curly hair and a pink dress who appears in the image is the sister of Nicolás Maduronot President Claudia Sheinbaum. The president shared the photo on his count of on April 14 of this year. “Seeing these photos and remembering… This was December 31, 1984 dancing salsa brava from the 80s with my sister… almost 40 years later the rumba continues… Happy Sunday,” he wrote on the social network.

Result

It isn’t true that the Venezuelan president and the Mexican president attended a meeting of “fans of Marxism” during the 1970s. The viral photo shows a young Nicolás Maduro with his sister in 1984.

By Valentina Gil | @valentagil