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Conservatives slam CBC for calling Maduro “man of the people”

Conservative MPs criticized the state broadcaster on Sunday after CBC/Radio-Canada ran a headline describing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as “l’homme du peuple à la poigne de fer."

Walid Tamtam
Jan 05, 2026
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Conservative MPs criticized the state broadcaster on Sunday after CBC/Radio-Canada ran a headline describing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as “l’homme du peuple à la poigne de fer,” which translates from French to English as “the man of the people with an iron grip,” prompting backlash the same day from politicians and mem…

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