Thomas Graham

Dec 23, 2024 | ft.com | Thomas Graham

El Salvador’s congress overturned a blanket ban on metal mining in a bid to find new sources of economic growth, handing a win to...

Dec 22, 2024 | ft.com | Steff Chavez |Thomas Graham

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino hit back at Donald Trump after the president-elect said he would demand the Panama Canal be...

Dec 22, 2024 | theguardian.com | Thomas Graham

Last Christmas, the Sinaloa cartel made a show of sending branded gifts to children’s hospitals. This year, a bloody war between rival factions of Mexico’s notorious drug mafia has cast a shadow over the holiday, leaving Culiacán’s Christmas fair nearly empty, and the city silent at night. Sinaloa has always had a complex relationship with its narcos, who portray themselves as generous bandits with a code of conduct.

Dec 16, 2024 | theguardian.com | Thomas Graham

A new package holiday promises to whisk tourists in the Yucatán Peninsula from plush hotels to Mayan ruins on a new airline and freshly-laid train tracks – an adventure brought to them entirely by the Mexican army, which now does luxury tourism when not fighting crime.

Dec 12, 2024 | theguardian.com | Thomas Graham

One bright recent morning, Culiacán threw a party like old times, with chefs serving up aguachile, a Sinaloan-style ceviche, and musicians blasting a riot on their trumpets and drums. “It used to be like this every weekend,” said Alexis, one of the apprentice chefs, taking a moment in the cool quiet of the cathedral. But away from this show of spirit in the city centre, the very violence they were defying continued.