Mario Vargas Llosa obituary: Nobel prize-winning novelist combined gritty realism with playful erotica
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, charted his own path as a novelist and conservative, often divisive political thinker
Fidel Castro
Michael D Higgins, the wily old leftie, has always been a supreme politician
His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless
Juanita Castro obituary: Entrepreneur and counter-revolutionary
With many of the characteristics of her famous brothers, if not their politics, Juanita had a good nose for business
Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter among historical items up for auction
Revolutionary purchased lighter in Shannon duty free when a flight to Havana was diverted with engine trouble in 1965
Castro’s Spies: Excellent Irish chronicle of Cuban spies in the US
Few documentaries have offered such fascinating material on ‘trade craft’
‘Would you like to visit my grave?’ The farmer planning a home burial
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
The serial hoaxer who fooled Morning Ireland with fake news of Kazuo Ishiguro’s death
An Italian journalist falsely reported the death of the author on Twitter
The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin
Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader
Mass trials in Cuba deepen its harshest crackdown in decades
More than 60 people have gone on trial in relation to protests over Cuba’s economic crisis
‘War heroine. Fighter. Dancer. Singer.’ France honours Josephine Baker
American-born woman admitted to the Panthéon at elaborate ceremony in Paris
Che Guevara furore sees far right try to give Spaniards harsh history lesson
Madrid Letter: Vox victory with naming minor as Sánchez Bill tackles Franco-era abuse
‘There is no food, money or work’: how shortages fuelled Cuba protests
Demonstrators call for freedom and end to shortages in largest protests in decades
Cuba protests: one man killed and more than 100 missing in historic unrest
Activists, protesters and journalists reportedly detained in security crackdown
Cuban police out in force as president blames Cuban Americans for unrest
Demonstrations some of the biggest displays of anti-government sentiment seen in years
Venezuela at a crossroads as Maduro’s opposition crumbles
After Juan Guaidó’s meteoric rise and decline the government has tightened its grip
Maradooo! A preternaturally gifted artist and a rebel outsider
Diego Maradona understood football was first and foremost about the people’s passion
Keith Duggan: Through the glories and the disgraces, we were all Maradona addicts
Maradona’s second goal against England in 1986 was one of the still points among all the chaos
The Real Right Stuff: ‘They were like The Beatles before The Beatles came to America’
A documentary companion piece to the Disney+ space drama captures the lives of of the lives of the first astronauts
Argentina rugby great Hugo Porta continues to give back to his beloved game
Banco Nacional club president is devoting a large amount of his free time to charity work
Pilita Clark: When a rude boss keeps you waiting, why not walk out?
Left waiting by a company for no reason should be a warning that this is an organisation to avoid
Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution: Four Irish activists look back
Irish supporters of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution assess its legacy, 40 years on
Wake up ESPN: Trump has made everything – even sport – political
The president counters critics by exploiting every athlete willing to associate with him
Cuban LGBT activists plan parade in defiance of government
Cuba’s equivalent of gay pride parade cancelled after state claims of subversion
Immigration worries real but fluid, study finds
Research disputes notion that deep-seated cultural factors drive immigration sentiment
George HW Bush obituary: 41st president made his mark in foreign affairs
Bush could claim to have been one of the most successful foreign-policy US presidents
Micheál Martin: Higgins knows history better than his rivals
Fianna Fáil leader says President is ‘best-placed’ to handle centenary celebrations
A rebel no more, Daniel Ortega comes to resemble the dictator he replaced
Nicaraguan leader is last in generation of Latin American revolutionaries clinging to power
Daniel Ortega holds on to power as protests rock Nicaragua
Leftist strongman is last of generation of Latin American revolutionaries still in office
Philip Stephens: Britain is not actually capable of leaving the European Union
An enfeebled leader combined with a mutinous cabinet and a Eurosceptic leader of the opposition make paralysis all but inevitable
JFK files: Seven things we now know after secret papers released
Lee Harvey Oswald ‘never an FBI informant, was never paid money for information’
First print of controversial Che Guevara stamp sells out
An Post confirms all 122,000 stamps with iconic image are gone and it will print new stock
Irish Che Guevara artist welcomes controversial stamp
Jim Fitzpatrick says it was ‘honour’ to produce image and praises An Post decision
‘What is Ireland doing putting Che Guevara on a stamp?’
Prominent Cuban-American radio host calls on An Post to explain its decision
Claim stamp marking Guevara death ‘totally objectionable’
Fine Gael Senator asks An Post if Pol Pot and Ceausescu also acceptable for special stamps
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