The Irish Times

Revolutionary biopic’s success a sign of Brazil’s coarsening debate

São Paulo Letter: Bolsonaro attempted to prevent Marighella reaching cinemas

Mon Dec 13 2021 - 19:00

Captured Colombian drug lord to be extradited to US

Dairo Antonio Usuga, or Otoniel, caught by armed forces after decade evading arrest

Mon Oct 25 2021 - 07:01

Suspected Asian ‘El Chapo’ arrested by Dutch police

Tse Chi Lop alleged to lead syndicate that dominates Asia-Pacific drug trade

Sun Jan 24 2021 - 16:36

‘Cities that were synonymous with drugs are now hipster havens’

Wild Geese: Cormac Ross, Bogota, Colombia

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 05:20

After ‘El Chapo’, Mexico faces a new phase in its neverending war on drugs

There are many challengers to the Sinaloa boss’s throne amid endemic corruption

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 01:00

Fyre Festival: ‘There was potential for people to get seriously hurt’

Chris Smith on his documentary about the unravelling of the infamous Fyre Festival

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 05:30

Sean Dunne: ‘I have been treated like Pablo Escobar’

Seen & Heard: Bankrupt developer also claims he has no hidden assets or income

Sun Oct 07 2018 - 16:08

Seven of the best TV shows to watch this weekend

An intimate portrait of comedian Robin Williams, Monty Halls moves to the Galapagos while John Creedon visits Galway

Fri Jul 27 2018 - 06:00

World Cup moments: Andrés Escobar’s fatal own goal in 1994

Colombia captain was murdererd in the car park of a Medellín nightclub after USA exit

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 12:00

Cannes 2018: Jessica Chastain announces all-female cast of spy movie

Cannes daily: Penélope Cruz praises Chastain; strange shouts at the screenings – and Guy Ritchie is back. No, really

Fri May 11 2018 - 15:26

Location scout for TV show ‘Narcos’ shot dead in Mexico

Carlos Munoz Portal killed while searching for places to film popular Netflix series

Sun Sept 17 2017 - 10:30

‘There’s no way they’re going to let me take Tom Cruise camping in the jungle’

Doug Liman on his guerilla filmmaking techniques in American Made

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00

American Made review: Tom Cruise in a Cold War ‘Goodfellas’? Count us in

Another Doug Liman collaboration lets Cruise have fun with who he used to be

Thu Aug 24 2017 - 05:15

Obituary: Manuel Noriega

Military dictator of Panama with close links to the White House who was overthrown by a US invasion

Sat Jun 03 2017 - 00:34

Manuel Noriega, former Panama dictator, dies aged 83

Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spied for CIA until US invaded

Tue May 30 2017 - 15:40

Rapper Ja Rule says 'luxury' Fyre Festival was ‘not a scam’

The event, which was likened to ‘Lord of the Flies’, was promoted by models including Kendall Jenner

Sun Apr 30 2017 - 13:03

Colombia: Farc guerrillas prepare for a life more ordinary

After over 50 years of struggle in war-torn state, insurgents turn in weapons to the UN

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 02:00

Leicester’s last house party brings an end to a glorious journey

Premier League champions fought but were outclassed

Wed Apr 19 2017 - 09:08

Messi-less Argentina suffer World Cup blow with Bolivia defeat

South American giants let down by costly defensive mistakes in La Paz qualifier

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 01:43

Halloween costume ideas: Five get-ups to amuse and terrify

A Donald Trump Octopus or Pablo Escobar? Stand out in these alternative costumes

Tue Oct 25 2016 - 13:59

Life, hope and Led Zeppelin on the front line of the Irish health service

Television review: ‘Keeping Ireland Alive: The Irish Health Service in a Day, ‘Victoria’ and season two of ‘Narcos’

Fri Sept 02 2016 - 14:15

Panama Papers: The secret offshore world of the elite

Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 10:01

Who are Mossack Fonseca?

Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets

Sun Apr 03 2016 - 18:59

Working with drugs trade in bid to keep Mexico’s democracy alive

State attempts to fight drugs led to more violence so government has changed tack

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00

‘El Chapo’ Guzman: How Mexican drug lord’s luck ran out

Capture of Mexico’s most wanted involves helicopters, sewers, carjacking and sex motel

Mon Jan 11 2016 - 15:39

‘I arrived in Colombia with no job, no Spanish and no friends’

Why I love living in... Medellín, Colombia

Thu Jun 04 2015 - 15:09

Colombia mounts hunt for drug trafficker Otoniel – the new Pablo Escobar

The country’s public enemy number one is rich, elusive – and ruthless

Tue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00

Pablo Escobar’s chief assassin freed from Colombian jail

‘Popeye’ admitted to killing hundreds of drug lord’s enemies

Wed Aug 27 2014 - 08:39

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: ‘I write these books to help me understand Colombia’

The cerebral writer has won the International Impac Dublin Literary Award for a novel that recalls drug baron Pablo Escobar’s reign of corruption but also offers a portrait of contemporary Colombia

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 18:15

Juan Gabriel Vásquez wins 2014 Impac award

Colombian writer takes the €100,000 prize for The Sound of Things Falling

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 12:05

Nobel laureate who gave voice to Latin America

García Márquez emulated his grandmother’s storytelling ways

Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00

Life and times of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Colombian author won the Nobel Prize for Literature and popularised the genre of magical realism. Here are some important dates in his life and career

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 10:58

The world according to Brady Corbet

Hollywood has been trying to get Brady Corbet onside for years, but he’s having none of it. “I was always passionate about movies, not about being in them,” says the star of Simon Killer

Fri May 17 2013 - 01:00