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On Friday evening, as he headed to Florida, Donald Trump seemed to be designing that much-discussed exit. But he clearly has not yet decided whether to take it.

Shifting goals and rising costs mark Trump’s search for an Iran exit

The US president has started using the word “excursion” to suggest this is just a short trip, a brief diversion. But there is no real end in sight.

  • David E. Sanger

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Unfinished business: Why Trump is squeezing Cuba

Without oil from Venezuela, the island nation is in crisis. Now Trump says he will ‘take’ it. How did Cuba get here, and what’s next?

  • Angus Holland
Illustration by Dionne Gain

In Trump’s chaotic theatre of war, there’s only one lead role

For most people, violence is risky. For the US president, it’s a spectacle.

  • Peter Hartcher
There are heightened tensions between the US and Cuba.

A stolen boat, a deadly gunfight and a supposed plot against Cuba

Havana’s account of a supposed armed raid into its territory has been called into question after one of the men identified as being on the vessel turned up in Miami.

  • Frances Robles and Patricia Mazzei
There are heightened tensions between the US and Cuba.

Cuba shoots four people dead on US-based speedboat

The Cuban government says those onboard the boat opened fire on its forces while attempting to infiltrate the country to unleash “terrorism” amid tension between Cuba and the United States.

  • Daniel Trotta

To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.

  • Waleed Aly
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Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores (right) are seen handcuffed at the heliport before their transfer to court.

Trump’s dramatic show of force is an old-school move – and a risky one

Thanks to the president, it’s now harder for the United States to argue to Russia and China that they should steer clear of their neighbours.

  • Michael Birnbaum
World leaders react to Venezuela crisis

The leaders who were outraged and those who were delighted by Trump’s strike on Venezuela

Some leaders, like Anthony Albanese, have taken a muted response to the Trump administration’s activities in Venezuela. Others have been far more forthright.

  • Matthew Knott
Protesters rally outside the White House after the US attack on Venezuela.

Five scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela – and what they could signal to the wider region

Where do the US and Venezuela go from here? Much depends on what Washington does next and how Venezuela’s fractured polity responds.

  • Robert Muggah
British Airways made a demonstration Concorde flight to Caracas in 1975, pictured here. Air France made the city a weekly destination for its supersonic flights.

Once the epitome of glamour, Venezuela is in crisis. How did it get to this?

After months of military build-up, the US attacked Venezuela and took President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into custody. Why might this intervention feel like deja vu?

  • Angus Holland, Jackson Graham and Felicity Lewis