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World News Beat
June 1, 2018By: Trevor Steele, SFU Student Venezuelan president wins dubious second term Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has won a second term in office, in an election that involved an opposition boycott and widespread claims of electoral fraud. The election’s result was immediately rejected by the opposition, which boycotted the election after several candidates were jailed and the election date was brought forward. Dismissal of the result was echoed by the European Union and several Latin American nations, who have warned that they will take action against Maduro’s government. Maduro, who took over from the controversial former President Hugo Chavez in…
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World News Beats
May 19, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Malaysia’s former prime minister banned from travelling After losing an election, the former prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, has been banned from travelling. The new prime minister of Malaysia, Mahatir Mohamad, who is also the…
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Torture doesn’t lead to truth
January 6, 2015A recent bombshell report released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program has shocked the globe with its findings. It was revealed that the CIA engaged in torture which far exceeded their much-maligned…
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