Investment

Honduras and El Salvador established a permanent trade committee, joint logistics agenda, and investment-cooperation mechanisms during a business mission, with Honduran firms exploring Salvadoran market entry and Qatar expressing interest in investment opportunities.

Anabel Gallardo, president of Honduras's business council (Cohep), warned that chronic electricity shortages and lack of legal certainty continue to discourage foreign investment and job creation in the country.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry (SIT) is driving construction of a yacht marina in Tela, with a shopping center and hotel also projected, in a development officials say will attract domestic and foreign tourists.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina said Honduras requires approximately $16 billion in investment to fund irrigation projects that would modernize 500,000 acres of agricultural land.

Analyst Henry Rodríguez says Honduras must invest approximately $4.2 billion annually to generate between 70,000 and 80,000 jobs per year.

Renewable-energy generators say that once Congress approves planned reforms to Honduras's electricity sector, investment opportunities will expand significantly.

A legislative commission convened mining officials and environmental agencies to discuss attracting investment in responsible mining and streamlining approval processes, with the Natural Resources Ministry citing 2.647 billion lempiras in recent mining investment and approximately 2,000 jobs.

The central bank reports that credit to Honduras's private sector continues expanding, fueled by rising demand for business financing tied to stronger investment and economic activity.