FACT CHECK: Marcos doesn’t have ‘over a million metric tons’ of gold in banks worldwide
FACT CHECK: Marcos doesn’t have ‘over a million metric tons’ of gold in banks worldwide
April 5, 2023
Fact checks from Rappler and other organizations have debunked multiple claims about the Marcos gold
Claim: Former president Ferdinand E. Marcos placed “over a million metric tons” of gold in different banks for the benefit of humanity.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The claim was made in a YouTube video that currently has over 640,000 views and 18,000 likes as of writing.
Facts: The video utilizes an interview with Karen Hudes, a former World Bank lawyer of 21 years, to support the claim. In the interview, Hudes claims that Marcos placed over a million metric tons of gold in different banks in the world, to be used for the benefit of humanity
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