Kneecap, our new gonzo shadow cabinet, stepped into the breach on Cuba
Nobody else representing Ireland in any official capacity seems prepared to speak out against the collective punishment of the Cuban people
Venezuela
JD Vance has had a quiet few months. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
US president’s Iran war is straining Republican loyalty, leaving Vance both heir‑apparent and uneasy messenger in a moment of political risk
Some comparisons for Donald Trump
Policies of US president continue to spread unrest across the globe
Russian oil tankers carry oil for Cuba and a message for friends and the US
War in Iran has given Vladimir Putin a boost
Trump said something unexpectedly revealing in an old interview with Playboy
If there is one thing that seems to complicate the US leader’s bottomless nihilism, it is the market
Trump is stuck and looking for options – an Irish former US adviser warns this is risky
Tom Wright, who worked in the Biden administration, believes the president is in ‘a real bind’ in Iran
Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era
Pumped-up White House videos about Iran conflict are extreme even by recent US standards
First Venezuela, now Iran but is Washington’s real target China?
Behind Trump’s erratic policies there is one common thread: to check China’s rise
Venezuela after Maduro: no sign of promised new dawn for democracy
Since Trump’s intervention, loyalists remain in power, and the country’s politics are dictated by US pressure over oil
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
Inside Politics: Hannah McCarthy on how tightening economic sanctions are affecting the lives of Cubans
Trump, the self-declared president of peace, goes to war seeking regime change
Iranian-American jubilation at the death of Iran’s brutal supreme leader tempered by uncertainty over the country’s trajectory
‘I went in on crutches and came out in a wheelchair’: Venezuela’s political prisoners emerge from jails
More than 500 political detainees released since Nicolás Maduro was taken from power last month
Cuba says four killed after speedboat from Florida opens fire on border patrol
Incident takes place amid heightened tension with the US, which has blocked virtually all oil shipments to the island
US to allow resale of Venezuelan oil to Cuba
Supply to the island had stopped following the capture of Nicolás Maduro
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