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
Cuba
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
Kneecap arrive in Cuba to ‘shine a light’ on ‘collective punishment’ by US
US president Donald Trump imposed an oil blockade, pushing Cuba deeper into economic crisis
Power blackouts, fuel shortages and mass emigration: Cuba’s crisis weighs heaviest on the elderly
The country’s ageing population is growing more isolated as mass emigration, inflation and fuel shortages leave older citizens struggling to cope
Trump says he will ‘take Cuba’ amid power blackout
US-imposed oil blockade plunged the country into darkness under a total power blackout
Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
Inside Politics: Hannah McCarthy on how tightening economic sanctions are affecting the lives of Cubans
US won’t rely on Cuba’s version of events after four shot dead on Florida-registered boat
Marco Rubio said the US would figure out what happened and not rely solely on Cuba’s version of events
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
The Irish Times view on Cuba: US oil embargo hits hard
UN officials fear a humanitarian crisis, with the outbreak of epidemics and the spread of hunger
‘I want to see the final chapter of this’: Cubans demand change but fear US military action
Cubans face hyper-inflation, crumbling homes and social services, mass emigration, and now fuel shortages triggered by a Trump administration focused on regime change
Tanker carrying Russian oil to fuel-starved Cuba will test Trump blockade
Pressure on Havana has been mounting since late last year, when US forces seized a ship bringing oil there
‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month after US president Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies and pressed Mexico to stop shipments
Avoid non-essential travel to Cuba, Irish citizens told
‘Serious and potentially life-threatening risks’ associated with travelling to Cuba, says Department of Foreign Affairs
US blockade of Cuba serves only ambitions of empire
Ireland, and the international community more broadly, must turn our eyes to Cuba
What’s the deal between Donald Trump and Cuba?
US is reportedly seeking to negotiate regime change in Cuba, but the country has no oil and exports little
Do we have to watch this chainsaw-massacre political horror movie to its end?
Border forces have been deployed in the American heartlands – masked, camouflaged and bristling with firearms
‘You can be against Trump and celebrate that Maduro is gone’: Venezuelans protest in Dublin
Protesters in Dublin say those opposed to leader’s removal do not reflect views of Venezuelans
Cuban soldiers killed in US raid expose years of denial over Havana’s role in Venezuela
Foreign soldiers have long bolstered Maduro’s repressive regime and helped suppress citizen protests, say analysts
It’s worth asking again why Sinn Féin sent a delegation to Maduro’s inauguration
Is the ugliness of the Trump regime in Washington mirrored in Sinn Féin’s ambitions for a hard-left Chavista socialist republic in Ireland?
Cuba says 32 of its citizens were killed in US attacks on Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro had expanded Cuban bodyguards’ role in his personal security
‘Every 10 years, US likes to pick up some crappy little country and throw it at the wall’
‘Every ten years, the US needs to pick some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall.’ This is at least part of the reason for the Venezuela operation
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Hurricane Melissa dissipates, leaving at least 50 dead
Weather system identified as most powerful storm to strike Jamaica directly
Hurricane Melissa in pictures: Wrecked livelihoods, lost animals, salvaged homes
Three Caribbean Islands have been crippled by Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa kills 25 in Haiti after leaving widespread damage in Jamaica
Desperate pleas for help as 735,000 people remain in shelters in eastern Cuba
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
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
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