Our Man in Havana – Frank McNally on a forgotten Irishman honoured in Cuba
James Joseph O’Kelly was also, for a brief period, a man of two wives
Cuba
Gena Heraty’s selflessness gives us hope in a dark time
Lay missionary, who was freed last week after being kidnapped in Haiti, is a shining light in a barbarous world
Bacardi scion: pressure on alcohol industry ‘might hurt others — not us’
Deals including raising its stakes in Teeling whiskey have sharply pushed up Bacardi’s debt levels
Cuba’s electrical grid collapses for third time, millions remain without power
Citizens form lines for subsidised rations as Hurricane Oscar bears down on northeast of country
Cuba hit by mass blackout as main power plant fails
Government had earlier announced it would be ‘paralysing’ key industries and canceling official activities to prioritise electricity for the residential sector
To Run the World by Sergey Radchenko: New insights on USSR’s approach to the Cold War
Making extensive use of archives, the author gives fresh details of what was going on behind the scenes during pivotal moments in 20th-century history
Russian warships enter Havana harbor under Washington’s watchful eye
A Russian frigate and submarine conducted missile drills in the Atlantic en route to Cuba
Serial season four: A stomach-churning account of a brutal, malfunctioning Guantánamo Bay prison camp
Podcast review: The award-winning Serial team have found an astonishing number of sources ready to share their stories of life at the camp
Cuba turns off some public lighting as energy crisis worsens
Havana government seeks help from World Food Programme to guarantee supply of subsidised powdered milk for children
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
As Cuba’s economic crisis deepens, citizens scramble to migrate by any means
Havana’s airport has become a launch point for Cubans making their way to Nicaragua and then overland to the US, often attempting illegal entry
The Irish journalist who became the ‘most dependable evaluator of military strategy’
Extraordinary Emigrants: Dublin-born journalist James O’Kelly reported from Cuba on an uprising against Spanish colonial rule
‘I got permission to paint a wall across from the Museum of the Revolution in Cuba, which had two Soviet tanks in front’
Corkwoman Fiona Murphy has travelled the world teaching and creating art
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