Arrival of US officials in Caracas marks tentative steps towards renewed ties
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Most Venezuelans want opposition leader Machado to lead, but Trump has other ideas
Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicated her award to the US president but has been rebuffed so far
Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy defends party attendance at Maduro inauguration in Venezuela
Trip by former party senator and general secretary in 2019 has attracted renewed criticism in recent days
Slow pace of Venezuela prisoner releases stokes frustration and doubt over change
Removal of Maduro after US raid had raised cautious hopes the country could become less repressive
A superpower has affirmed its right to hegemony over Ireland. Are we paying attention?
Steve Bannon’s boasts are not just those of a marginal blowhard – they chime with the fully official American claim on the hemisphere in which we live
Trump’s Venezuela gamble puts Taco trade under scrutiny
Will the US president be emboldened when it comes to economic policy now?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela and Greenland threats have several echoes in US history
Pretence that the US is a protector of the independence of the nations of Latin America is again exposed as a lie
Inside the Caracas military base: ‘The windows rattled, the power went. I just thought: Explosions. War. We’re being invaded’
Venezuelans living near the epicentre of US forces’ assault on the biggest military base in Caracas tell of their ‘terrifying’ experience
‘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
Europe may have just 20 days to avert the irreparable. There are still things it can do
Head-spinning events of the past week indicate that either Trump is stark raving mad or the result of the greatest undercover coup in the history of Soviet intelligence
In pictures: Aftermath of US strikes in Venezuela
Venezuela reels after US missile strikes leave homes wrecked, power outages and lives in flux
Denis Staunton: What next after a Trump strike that shook the world?
As Europe plays balancing act on Greenland and Ukraine, US president continues to cause panic and doubt
From shopping to torture centre: the dark history of Caracas’s El Helicoide
Prisoner releases from notorious detention facility provide hope to Venezuelans yearning for change
A long wait for a call: what Trump’s silence says about Britain’s place in the world
Keir Starmer’s political critics may try to blame him for being ‘on the outside looking in’ but the world has changed for Britain
Trump ‘cancels’ plans for second wave of attacks on Venezuela
US president shifts tone on interim government in favour of more conciliatory approach to opposition
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump lays out a vision of power restrained only by ‘my own morality’
US president makes clear in interview he will be the arbiter of any limits to his authority
Going to Trump’s Doonbeg? You should be ashamed of yourself
Trump’s erogenous zone is in his pocket. Let’s hit him where it hurts
‘Would you like to be my girlfriend?’: Kieran Cuddihy’s on-air encounter would give you the ick
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Why Spain’s prime minister is most vociferous EU leader criticising US on Venezuela
Pedro Sánchez warns that Donald Trump’s actions push Latin America towards ‘uncertainty, warmongering’
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
Details emerge of how ‘perfectly executed’ Maduro raid nearly went wrong for US
Helicopter pilot who led Caracas mission was hit three times, while about 40 Venezuelans and 32 Cubans were killed
‘Our jailer is gone’ but the reality in Venezuela is unchanged
When Hugo Chávez died, I was certain that we would get democratic elections again. I was wrong
McEntee ‘extremely concerned’ by recent action in Venezuela
Venezuelan people must decide their own future, Minister for Foreign Affairs says
President Connolly voices concerns over Venezuela and upholding of international law
President speaks about ‘tremendous challenges’ facing the world as she opens Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
US says it will control Venezuela oil sales ‘indefinitely’
Trump’s energy secretary says US administration is in ‘active dialogue’ with Caracas about the plan
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?
Inside Venezuela: Armed groups are active. People can’t celebrate the end of the dictatorship
The voices of citizens yearning for change are being muted despite the end of Maduro’s dictatorship
Venezuelan opposition leader to return ‘as soon as possible’ to contest fresh elections
María Corina Machado says country’s new interim leader Delcy Rodríguez has been ‘rejected by the Venezuelan people’
Why Trump has refused to back Venezuela’s ‘Iron Lady’
Nobel peace laureate María Corina Machado is the most popular opposition leader but US investors see her as too radical
Venezuela’s María Corina Machado praises Donald Trump and offers him Nobel Peace Prize
US president suggests Venezuelan opposition leader ‘doesn’t have the support’ to run country
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Trump’s Walmart warmongering in Venezuela isn’t just empire building. For him it’s entertainment
Capturing Maduro and putting him on display is US president's version of a Roman emperor’s triumph, entertainment for a senile king
McEntee to attend ‘coalition of willing’ meeting on Ukraine war in Paris
Government wary of critical response to Maduro capture over concerns for Irish economic interests
US may subsidise oil companies to rebuild Venezuela’s energy infrastructure, Trump says
US president also says Venezuela will not have elections in the next 30 days
‘I am a decent man. I am still president of my country,’ Nicolás Maduro tells US judge
Ousted Venezuelan dictator and wife plead not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism
‘I’m innocent’ - Maduro pleads not guilty; Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela’s new president
Maduro’s son took the floor in the Venezuelan National Assembly saying the US ‘kidnapped’ his father and stepmother
Who is the woman backed by Trump to lead Venezuela?
Delcy Rodríguez is familiar to the US from her time as economy minister negotiating with oil companies
Venezuela’s acting president strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warning
Delcy Rodríguez has dialled down the confrontational tone she initially adopted after the capture of Nicolás Maduro
EU gives stuttering response to US action in Venezuela as Greenland threat resurfaces
Military intervention to remove Maduro heightens European leaders fears about US desire to take Greenland
After US captures Nicolás Maduro, could Iran’s supreme leader be next?
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly plans to flee to Moscow if unrest intensifies
Maduro arrives at US court in handcuffs as Trump says further strikes possible
Country’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez ‘invited the US government to work together on an agenda of co-operation’
‘It gives us a bit of hope’: Venezuelans in Ireland react to Maduro’s capture by US
Young Venezuelans based in Ireland give their views on the seizure of the country’s president
Taoiseach declines to criticise US over capture of Venezuela’s Maduro
Micheál Martin spoke after a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing
US ‘has no right’ to take over Greenland, Danish PM says after latest Trump threats
Donald Trump doubles down on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States
How would Donald Trump tap ‘tremendous’ wealth from Venezuelan oil?
Industry insiders have warned the process could take years — and cost tens of billions of dollars
The US attack on Venezuela threatens Chinese interests in more ways than one
China is the biggest buyer of Venezuela’s oil and the country’s largest creditor
EU leaders cautious over Venezuela amid fears of losing Trump on Ukraine
US action shocked governments - but many tried to perform ‘balancing act’ rather than condemn outright
‘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
Rubio confirms US oil quarantine in Venezuela as Maduro set for New York court appearance
Donald Trump has said the US will ‘run’ the South American country following capture of leader
How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded
More than 150 aircraft involved in one of most complex US operations in recent history
The capture of Maduro in Venezuela is an act of naked self-interest by ‘el imperio yanqui’
Donald Trump says Delcy Rodríguez is now in charge of Venezuela. She has rejected this claim
Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela until ‘safe transition’ possible
US president claims opposition leader María Corina Machado doesn’t have necessary support or respect to take charge
Protesters ‘horrified’ by US actions to overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
About 100 people gathered at the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin to condemn enforced regime change in the country
Latin American leaders split on US action against Venezuela’s Maduro
Maduro’s capture seen as pivotal in US-Latin America relations
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