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Bloody mutiny: How a young Waterford sailor changed the course of US history
- Books
- November 18, 2020, 05:15
Late in the evening of September 21st, 1797, as the frigate HMS Hermione was patrolling the waters of the Caribbean, her crew rose up in bloody mutiny(...)

Venezuela declares war on those infected with coronavirus
- World
- August 19, 2020, 18:00
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has tackled coronavirus much as he has any internal threat to his rule: by deploying his repressive security app(...)

Covid-19: Spain closes nightclubs and limits smoking; Paris declared a high-risk zone
- World
- August 14, 2020, 20:32
More than 20.98 million people have now been reported to have been infected by the novel coronavirus globally, and at least 759,053 have died from the(...)

Iranian petrol tanker arrives in Venezuela in defiance of US
- World
- May 25, 2020, 13:00
The first of five ships laden with Iranian petrol crossed in to Venezuelan waters on Sunday in defiance of US sanctions, after Tehran and Caracas warn(...)

Venezuela detains 40 suspects after failed Maduro ‘kidnap attempt’
- Middle East
- May 12, 2020, 17:49
Nicolás Maduro’s security forces have continued their roundup of alleged participants in last week’s botched attempt to capture him, with the arrest o(...)

Latin America’s uneven response to coronavirus tells a tale
- World
- May 11, 2020, 16:06
For thousands of Venezuelans who sought refuge in the northern Brazilian city of Boa Vista, life was already tough. Fleeing economic collapse at home,(...)

How the plot to overthrow Venezuela’s Maduro ran aground
- World
- May 8, 2020, 11:22
Their leader was a gung-ho US special forces veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their training camps were on a windswept peninsula in norther(...)

Captured US mercenary claims Venezuelan opposition leader signed contract to abduct Maduro
- World
- May 7, 2020, 07:58
A former US soldier captured in Venezuela said on Wednesday that he had been contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas’ airpor(...)

Streets deserted amid fears that coronavirus could ‘take down’ Venezuela
- World
- March 26, 2020, 11:22
When the new coronavirus reached South America no government in the region moved more swiftly or aggressively against the threat it posed than the cha(...)

Juan Guaidó returns to Venezuela after diplomatic world tour
- World
- February 12, 2020, 15:48
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned home on Tuesday after a three-week whirlwind tour that spanned the World Economic Forum in Davos and(...)