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Juan Carlos Aguilar, transparency director of the ASJ, expressed concern that electoral reforms lack sufficient votes in Congress, warning that parties face political backlash and voter punishment if they fail to deliver on promised electoral-system fixes.

Defense Secretary Enrique Rodríguez Burchard confirmed that revenue from the sale of Honduras's presidential aircraft—which sold for L137 million (about $5.5 million)—will be allocated to health, education, and the National Autonomous University of Honduras.

Honduras's monthly inflation rate dropped to 0.19% in June 2026, the lowest for that month since 2020 and down 0.63 percentage points from May's 0.82%, marking the second consecutive month of decline.

Honduras's Health Ministry is advising parents to vaccinate infants as young as 6 months old against measles during the current outbreak, with follow-up doses at 12 and 18 months.

The CEO of Palmerola International Airport stated that Honduras faces a contractual penalty of $800,000 per month if it fails to migrate all flights to Palmerola and fully close Toncontín, though Congress has recommended keeping Toncontín open for domestic flights only once Palmerola begins commercial operations.

The mother of the student who recorded teacher Perla Díaz striking another student said she advised her daughter to film the incident because the teacher had previously made verbal attacks on students.

Honduras's liquidation commission says it will complete the operational closure of seven institutions created under the previous administration by August, with the Finance Ministry handling final administrative steps in September; audits have uncovered irregularities now under investigation.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Abraham Molina handed the Public Ministry a file documenting agricultural loans granted without proper regulatory compliance under the previous administration.

A Fosdeh economist warns that roughly 37 billion lempiras in unaccounted money emitted by the previous administration could stoke inflation, though he notes that inflation stems from multiple causes including import dependence, fuel costs, and climate-driven agricultural shortfalls.

Year-over-year inflation in Honduras eased to 5.83% in June, moving toward the central bank's medium-term target range of 4.00% plus or minus 1 percentage point.

Honduras claimed five medals on the opening day of the Pan-American Sambo Championship in Costa Rica, including a gold medal from Brad Flores in the men's heavyweight division and medals across multiple weight classes in both sport sambo and combat sambo.

Honduras's Consumer Protection directorate says it has conducted over 7,000 inspections in four months, detecting expired merchandise and card surcharges, while publishing weekly reference prices from wholesale markets to curb price speculation on basic goods.

Authorities are offering more than L410 million (about $16.4 million) in rewards for information leading to the arrest of ten Hondurans and one U.S. citizen, including two MS-13 leaders sought by the FBI for drug trafficking, murder, and kidnapping.

Hugo Maldonado, president of Honduras's human-rights committee CODEH, says violent police evictions of communities established 50 or more years ago are deepening the country's social crisis, urging courts rather than security forces to resolve land disputes.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hernández Hércules said Honduras is proceeding with an open auction of the presidential aircraft and plans to issue up to 16 billion lempiras (about $640 million) in bonds, with proceeds aimed at paying accumulated debts to electricity generators and addressing the state power utility's financial crisis.

An economist at Honduras's national university says the state power utility's financial crisis, unresolved across multiple administrations, risks becoming unsalvageable if deterioration continues.

COIPRODEN, representing private child-welfare organizations, warns that hundreds of children in residential care are at risk because the National Child and Family Secretariat (SENAF) has not disbursed promised funds or signed cooperation agreements, threatening the organizations' ability to continue providing shelter and support.

COHEP will host a webinar on July 29 at 9 a.m. on commercial opportunities in Mesoamerica, aimed at helping Honduran firms explore regional competitive advantages and integrate into an expanding trade environment.

President Nasry Asfura launched the Talent Up scholarship program in partnership with Google Cloud and development agencies to train 10,000 Hondurans in emerging technologies and close the gap between academic training and labor-market demand.

The national power company will cut electricity on July 11 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. across numerous neighborhoods and commercial zones in Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas for preventive maintenance at two major substations.

Thebe Ingeniería, a Mexican air transport company, won Honduras's auction of the Embraer Legacy 600 presidential jet with a bid of L137.8 million (about $5.1 million), just over the government's reserve price.

Honduras will lower prices for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene on July 13, while maintaining domestic cooking-gas prices under a government subsidy, according to the Energy Ministry.

Police rescued a man who staged his own kidnapping after his family deposited 20,000 lempiras (about $800) of the 50,000 he demanded; officers found him unharmed with the withdrawal receipt and 19,800 lempiras in cash.

A Fosdeh economist attributes a recent increase in remittances to Honduras partly to Hondurans in the United States sending money home due to deportation concerns, while others continue migrating and supporting their families abroad.

Roberto Díaz del Valle, a leading hotel operator, says rising electricity tariffs are squeezing operating costs and threatening hotel revenues, while warning that reforms to energy law alone will not solve ENEE's crisis.

The Central Bank auctioned $82.7 million in its daily currency sale on July 9, setting the official exchange rate at L26.7528 per dollar for July 10.

Fenagh, the national farm federation, warns that irregular rainfall and the imminent onset of the mid-July dry season could slash agricultural output by up to 30 percent, with current losses already at 20 percent.

Pedro Alexander Díaz Franco, a 15-year-old Honduran TikTok content creator, was kidnapped on July 5 in Choloma and later found dead in plastic bags along a highway, sparking international media coverage and outrage on social media.

Former ENEE chief Erick Tejada accused the current utility head of signaling a government drive to privatize Honduras's electricity sector, citing France, Costa Rica, and other nations as examples of successful public energy systems.

Honduras health authorities confirmed two additional deaths from severe dengue, bringing the year's total to three fatalities from the virus.