Puerto Lempira

The Honduran Navy planted 2,000 cedar and acacia seedlings across two hectares in Puerto Lempira's Pusuaya sector to restore forest cover, protect water sources, and conserve the Mosquitia region's natural heritage.

Twenty-eight public-health doctors in Gracias a Dios department, including some in remote communities, have gone without pay for up to eight months in 2026, and at least ten are considering resigning despite continuing to staff the Puerto Lempira Hospital and outlying clinics.

Sixteen doctors at Puerto Lempira Hospital in Mosquitia report they have gone eight months without pay despite continuing to work; health officials acknowledged the arrears and promised to settle the debt this week.

A court in Puerto Lempira ordered Stedman Reyes Valle held in pretrial detention on suspicion of illegal weapons possession and drug trafficking.

Honduras has installed a hyperbaric chamber at Puerto Lempira hospital in Gracias a Dios to treat decompression sickness among Miskito divers, fulfilling a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and eliminating dangerous emergency transfers.