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El ministro Torres renuncia a ser candidato del PSOE al Congreso en los próximos comicios

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  1. Contradicted Pedro Sánchez convocó elecciones generales anticipadas tras el fracaso en el Congreso al sacar adelante dos decretos leyes sobre la vivienda.

    AI The results confirm that Sánchez called early general elections for 29 November after the housing decrees were defeated in Congress. The claim says the decrees were pushed through ('sacar adelante'), but the results say they failed, so that outcome is incompatible with the claim.

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  1. Confirmed Ángel Víctor Torres confirmó su renuncia a ser candidato del PSOE al Congreso de los Diputados por Las Palmas en las elecciones generales del 29 de noviembre.

    AI Several results report that Ángel Víctor Torres renounced being the PSOE candidate for the Congreso de los Diputados, and one specifies Las Palmas and the 29 November general elections. The results do not add detail beyond this, so the exact wording of his confirmation is not checked, but the core of the claim is supported.

  2. Confirmed Torres dijo: "Mi voluntad, mi prioridad es volver a ganar las elecciones autonómicas en Canarias, por lo que no me voy a presentar en las listas al Congreso".

    AI Several results quote Torres saying 'Mi voluntad, mi prioridad es volver a ganar las elecciones en Canarias' and that he will not be on the Congress lists, matching the claim's core. The results do not address the exact setting in full, but the quote and attribution to Torres are consistent across sources.

  3. Confirmed Torres anunció su renuncia en Binéfar (Huesca), antes de participar en un foro sobre inmigración.

    AI Result 1 reports that Ángel Víctor Torres renounced being the PSOE candidate for Congress and made these statements before attending the closing of a rural forum on population and immigration in La Litera, the comarca that includes Binéfar. The snippets do not name Binéfar itself, so that location could not be checked directly, but the announcement and the sequence with the immigration forum are supported.

  4. Confirmed Torres formalizó el mes pasado su candidatura para intentar recuperar el Gobierno autonómico de Canarias en los comicios de 2027.

    AI Result 1 states that Torres (secretary general of the PSOE in the Canary Islands) formalized his candidacy in September to try to recover the regional government in the May 2027 elections, which matches the claim's core. Result 2 also reports that he made his candidacy for the 2027 elections official.

  5. Confirmed Ángel Víctor Torres presidió el Gobierno de Canarias entre 2019 y 2023.

    AI Multiple results explicitly state that Ángel Víctor Torres presided over the Government of the Canary Islands between 2019 and 2023, heading a progressive pact, which matches the core claim of the person, office, and dates.

  6. Confirmed En las últimas elecciones autonómicas canarias el PSOE fue la fuerza más votada, pero un acuerdo entre Coalición Canaria, Partido Popular y otras fuerzas llevó a la investidura de Fernando Clavijo.

    AI Several results state that the PSOE was the most voted list in the Canary regional elections of 28 May 2023, and that Fernando Clavijo (CC) was invested as president with PP support and votes from other groups such as ASG. The results do not detail the exact composition of the 'other forces' beyond ASG, but the core of the claim is supported.

  7. Confirmed Torres afirmó: "El PSOE ha ganado las últimas siete elecciones que se han celebrado en Canarias (entre europeas, generales y autonómicas)".

    AI Results [1] and [4] directly attribute the statement to Torres, who said the PSOE has won the last seven elections in the Canary Islands (two European, three general, two regional). Result [5] shows the PSOE winning the 2019 and 2023 general elections in Canarias, consistent with the claim. The results do not independently verify the European election outcomes.

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