

{"id":62551,"date":"2020-04-01T16:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=62551"},"modified":"2020-04-02T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T08:08:27","slug":"coronavirus-old-photos-of-bank-robbery-in-venezuela-shared-as-italians-discard-wealth-on-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/coronavirus-old-photos-of-bank-robbery-in-venezuela-shared-as-italians-discard-wealth-on-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Old photos of bank robbery in Venezuela shared as Italians discard wealth on streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set of images that shows piles of cash on a street has gone viral on social media. A Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shahwazalam57\/posts\/589882651611543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> two such images along with the caption, &#8220;People in Italy threw their wealth on the streets. They say it&#8217;s of no use anymore. (\u0907\u091f\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u094c\u0932\u0924 \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092b\u0947\u0902\u0915 \u0926\u0940\u0964 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0915\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964)&#8221;\u00a0 Similarly, other users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A5%A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A5%A4%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%E0%A5%A4&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> also shared these images with the same caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62555 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.22.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.22.27-PM.png 481w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.22.27-PM-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Twitter user @ynm_xo also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ynm_xo\/status\/1244945774179483649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> shared the images and wrote in English, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Italians threw their money on the streets saying it is of no use, since you can&#8217;t even buy life with your own money.&#8221;(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8iFJS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62633 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-10.30.54-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-10.30.54-AM.png 601w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-10.30.54-AM-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-10.30.54-AM-559x520.png 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received fact-check requests on its <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a> for a similar photograph which has been shared with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62631 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1331\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1.png 1331w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1-990x500.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/archit-1-1320x666.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Image 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62632 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Vene-Italy-e1585730109486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Vene-Italy-e1585730109486.png 937w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Vene-Italy-e1585730109486-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/Vene-Italy-e1585730109486-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/>Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that these images show scenes after the Venezuelan bank Bicentenario, Merida was looted. On March 11, 2019, Twitter handle @<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">ConflictsW<\/span>, managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/auroraintel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em>Aurora Intel <\/em><\/a>which tracks conflicts across the world, tweeted the viral images along with other photographs from the same area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The bicentenario bank in Merida was looted, people left the Venezuelan bolivars behind and left the money on the street and set fire to piles of Venezuelan bolivars to prove its worthless <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SinLuz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SinLuz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJlT2qFPrY\">pic.twitter.com\/YJlT2qFPrY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNW (@ConflictsW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConflictsW\/status\/1105241563620360193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A video package in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/socialism-works\/\"><em>Western Journal&#8217;s<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report from March 13, 2019, also shows a tweet which includes these images. Additionally, the photographs were posted on the social media site <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/cjndk8o\">Imgur<\/a> on March 12.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62556 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1054\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM.png 1054w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM-74x55.png 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-2.44.51-PM-990x719.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maduradas.com\/terrible-encapuchados-saquearon-banco-bicentenario-en-merida-y-esparcieron-bolivares-del-viejo-cono-monetario-por-las-calles-fotos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maduradas<\/a><\/em>, a Venezuela-based news website, had published an article on March 12 that complied images and tweets about the incident. This article included tweets by a Venezuelan politician <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/williamsdavila\/status\/1105289297396146176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William D\u00e1vila<\/a> and Venezuela-based photojournalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myteks\/status\/1105276080146038785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nellie Bel\u00e9n Izarza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e1vila&#8217;s tweet also spoke about the robbery at Banco Bicentenario.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Saquearon el banco bicentenario que est\u00e1 subiendo por la avenida 3 arriba de glorias patrias y quer\u00edan saquear los \u00e1rabes, en Merida.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Williams D\u00e1vila (@williamsdavila) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/williamsdavila\/status\/1105289297396146176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Image 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62558 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/91187383_589882594944882_2566590748631760896_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/91187383_589882594944882_2566590748631760896_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/91187383_589882594944882_2566590748631760896_n-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that this image was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/sVS2X2o\/comment\/1609505409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imgur<\/a> on March 17, 2019. According to these posts, this image is also from Venezuela. While Alt News could not authenticate the exact source, it is highly probable that it depicts the aftermath of the robbery at Merida because a) the image is similar and b) it surfaced on the internet around the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Former Ambassador of Italy in Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo called out a tweet which claimed that Italians threw currency notes in light of the coronavirus pandemic and growing loss of life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is FAKE NEWS. It is a picture of Venezuela when they threw away the banknotes of old currency no longer in use. Let&#8217;s stop this bs. Italians are using their money to help in the struggle against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> . This post is simply stupid. With a PhD check your sources&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YHNJQ8hOa\">https:\/\/t.co\/4YHNJQ8hOa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stefano Pontecorvo (@pontecorvoste) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pontecorvoste\/status\/1244996133748908037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the Venezuelan economy has spiralled into hyperinflation, starvation and unemployment due to a wide range of issues under the governance of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Ch\u00e1vez who died in 2013. A February 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-46999668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BBC<\/em> report<\/a> states, &#8220;According to a study by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, the annual inflation rate reached 1,300,000% in the 12 months to November 2018. By the end of last year, prices were doubling every 19 days on average. This has left many Venezuelans struggling to afford basic items such as food and toiletries.&#8221; The unfavourable economic conditions have devalued the country&#8217;s currency to the extent that money is regarded as worthless. In December 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/ajimpact\/venezuela-currency-worth-craft-paper-money-191224144545023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Al Jazeera<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported how some Venezuelans are making craft from devalued money to extract value from their decimated currency.<\/p>\n<p>We compared the green coloured notes seen in the third image with the 50 Bol\u00edvar Fuerte and found them to be identical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62591 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-7.35.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-7.35.22-PM.png 745w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-7.35.22-PM-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bol\u00edvar Fuerte is Venezuela&#8217;s old currency which was replaced by the Bolivar Soberano in August 2018. By December 2018, all Bol\u00edvar Fuerte currency notes were withdrawn. The Bicentenario Bank was looted in March 2019 when the Bol\u00edvar Fuerte was worthless. This explains why the notes were discarded on the road. These photographs were earlier debunked by\u00a0American fact-checking organisation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/venezuela-money-in-gutter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Snopes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus the social media claim that Italians, frustrated with the large number of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic, threw their money on the road is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of images that shows piles of cash on a street has gone viral on social media. A Facebook user posted two such images along with the caption, &#8220;People in Italy threw their wealth on the streets. They say it&#8217;s of no use anymore. 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