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Political Corner: Brazilian president Bolsonaro is an active, frustrating example of authoritarianism
January 13, 2019Written by Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On January 1, Jair Bolsonaro took office as Brazil’s 38th president, capturing global attention with his hard-right stance, Brazil-first attitude, and infamy for being stabbed at a September campaign rally. Since taking office, Bolsonaro has begun working towards his campaign promises. First, Bolsonaro has already pulled Brazil out of hosting out the 2019 United Nations climate change summit. This could potentially be the first act to diminish Brazil’s efforts to decrease their impact on climate change, made all the more worrisome by recent years’ increase in deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. This, coupled with…
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World News Beats
September 22, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Airport in Libya shuts down due to rocket fire In Tripoli, Libya, the city’s sole airport, Matiga airport, closed again amidst rocket fire less than a week after it reopened. The rocket fire did…
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SFU students participate in UN sustainability forum
August 1, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor Between July 13 and 18, SFU students participated in the United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. After being established in 2012, the forum is conducted for eight…
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Olympic Watch: SFU student Gabriel Ho-Garcia is Rio-ready
July 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU will not be without representation at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In the opening ceremonies, keep your eyes peeled for student Gabriel Ho-Garcia, playing men’s field hockey for Team Canada . The Peak caught up with Ho-Garcia after…
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CENTRE STAGE: Touchstone Theatre brings back Late Company; DanceHouse brings Brazil’s Companhia Urbana de Dança to Vancouver
April 9, 2016Late Company Touchstone Theatre March 29–April 2 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre April 5–9 at the Vancity Culture Lab Debora Shaun-Hastings reads a letter aloud to her dinner guests. She describes coming home with her husband, Michael, one evening not…
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