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Nicolás Maduro
Two meetings, one clear choice: Trump opts for oil over democracy
Two conversations this week confirmed that President Trump backs the remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime over the Venezuelan opposition seeking to hold elections.
Arrival of US officials in Caracas marks tentative steps towards renewed ties
Mission to assess reopening Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC follows dramatic shift in strained relations
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
Radio: On RTÉ, the Liveline host hears callers’ fears of sexually explicit AI, while Oliver Callan is discombobulated by an errant guest
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
Early Edition Podcast – 4 stories in 10 minutes: Botox warning, Maduro in court and more asylum seekers return voluntarily
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
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
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