Skip to content ![\\"Project](\\" content/uploads/2019/08/comprova-logo.svg\\"/) Collaborative journalism against disinformation About Comprova Arquivos ### Verification Investigated by: ![](\\" content/uploads/2019/07/revistapiaui.png\\"/) ![](\\" content/uploads/2019/07/afp_logotype_statique_bleu_rvb.png\\"/) 2019-08-13 # Misleading montage attributes works on BR-163 carried out by the government to Bolsonaro Dilma *False False A montage of photos about the stages of work on BR-163 during the PT and Bolsonaro governments is false, as it uses images from 2017 and 2015, prior to the current president's inauguration See more See less A montage made with two photos to compare the situation on the highway is false BR-163 in the PT governments and in the current one, that of President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL). In the set of images, the top photo, of the road in a precarious situation, is attributed to “16 years of PT”; the one below, on the paved road, is credited to “7 months of Bolsonaro”. The photos, however, do not correspond to the mentioned periods. This Comprova check investigated the data of an assembly found for our monitoring on the pages “O Mito” and “Bolsonaro Bahia”, from Facebook. #### How we check For this verification, Comprova submitted the photos used in the assembly to the Google image search engine, functionality that searches the internet other versions of the same image. We also consult reports about the work and on the websites of the National Department of Infrastructure Transport (DNIT), the Ministry of Infrastructure and the concessionaire that manages one of the sections of BR-163. You can retrace the Comprova verification path using the links to consult the original sources or view the documentation we have gathered. Comprova discovered that the photographs used in the montage with the words “16 years of PT” and “7 months of Bolsonaro” were not captured in the moments alleged. The top image is from 2017 and the bottom one is from 2015. The two photos used in the comparison are actually of the BR-163 highway, but they also do not compare the same excerpts. The photo above was taken in the region of the municipality of Trairão, in the state of Pará, whose paving work is the responsibility of DNIT in agreement with the Brazilian Army and the Federal Highway Police (PRF). The image below, in turn, was captured two years earlier, in the highway that is in Mato Grosso, as confirmed to Comprova by concessionaire Rota do Oeste, responsible for paving works between Mato Grosso municipalities of Itiquira and Sinop. #### BR-163/PA The photograph of trucks stopped in a quagmire, seen at the top of the assembly, had its first record found by the Comprova team in an article published on the website of Jornal Folha do Progresso, dated 27 February 2017. It was received by the vehicle through the WhatsApp instant messaging, according to its description. According to the report in which the photo is found, the Army had gone for the section of BR-163 in Trairão after the heavy rains that hit the region in February, as shown in this article on the G1 portal. A day later, on February 28, 2017, the Ministry of Infrastructure published a news report informing that the Army and the PRF – together with the DNIT, responsible for the works on the section in question of BR-163 – were driving to site for highway maintenance. In March of the same year, the Ministry of Infrastructure also reported on the operational levels of the stretch – between the communities of Santa Luzia and Bela Vista do Caracol – places also mentioned by Jornal Folha do Progress. In 2017, the president in power was Michel Temer, from MDB, who took over the position after Dilma Rousseff, from the PT, was subjected to an impeachment process in 2016. In an email to Comprova, DNIT stated that the stretch of Trairão, in Pará, is already It's paved. “BR 163/PA, from the border with Mato Grosso to the Port of Miritituba is 706 kilometers long. This extension is currently practically all paved, with just over 39 kilometers remaining to be paved. There are 37 kilometers of the segment under the responsibility of Army and 2.5 kilometers under the responsibility of a contracted company. THE The stretch under the responsibility of the Army is divided into 4 lots of works. THE schedule foresees the completion of services by the end of 2019, leaving the trafficable highway without critical points”, said the DNIT. #### BR-163/MT The photograph below, which shows a section of road being paved, was taken in June 2015, as confirmed by the concessionaire Rota do West to Comprova by email. According to the explanation, the photo of the paving work is included in the database of the company's Communication sector, archived in the system on 17 June 2015, at 6:12 pm.” According to the concessionaire's press office, “the image refers to the Rota do Oeste begins paving the second duplication stage, which at the time was released to the press to inform about the progress of duplication works BR-163, in the southern region of Mato Grosso. On the Rota do Oeste website, the article explains that the work was carried out in kilometer 74 of BR-163 and marked the one-year anniversary of works on the dealership on the highway. In 2015, Dilma Rousseff was in her second term in charge of Brazil, unlike what was stated in the viral meme. #### Repercussion on the Networks Comprova checks dubious content about government public policies federal documents that have great viral potential. The publication of the montage with photographs of BR-163 was posted on the Facebook “O Mito” on August 5, 2019 and by the 12th of the same month already it had more than 700 shares and almost 1,000 interactions. The post does not appears more on the “Bolsonaro Bahia” page. In the screenshot taken by Proof, on August 5th, the publication had already been shared 8.8 thousand times. AFP Checamos, Aos Fatos and Agência Lupa had already checked the photographs of BR-163 previously. 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In the set of images the top photo of the road in a precarious situation is attributed to 16 years of PT the one at the bottom of the paved road is credited to 7 months of Bolsonaro