Sula Valley

The fourth Infrastructure Forum 2026 will convene government officials, experts, and private-sector representatives in San Pedro Sula on November 5 to discuss priority projects in the Sula Valley—including roads, flood control, water treatment, and port logistics—and explore financing mechanisms.

Chinese-owned stores are rapidly expanding in Honduras's Sula Valley region, now operating in Potrerillos, Choloma, Villanueva, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, El Progreso, and San Pedro Sula, where they offer lower prices on general merchandise, hardware, and furniture but face protests from local merchants who say sales are declining.

Fourteen of Honduras's twenty electrical circuits with the highest losses are concentrated in the Sula Valley, together accounting for 2.09 billion lempiras in the first half of 2026, a problem experts say must be tackled as a priority to stabilize the national power system.

Santiago Herrera of COHEP, Honduras's business federation, says recurring storms and floods divert billions in public funds meant for development; he is calling for infrastructure designed to withstand climate risks, especially in the productive Sula Valley.

Police in Puerto Cortés arrested a mason who had evaded authorities for 17 years on an outstanding warrant for vehicle thefts in the Sula Valley region, issued by a San Pedro Sula court in September 2009.

National Police arrested a 26-year-old engineering student in San Manuel, Cortés, after a court-ordered raid on a home where officers seized 15 kilograms of marijuana valued at approximately 500,000 lempiras (about $20,000) and equipment used for packaging drugs for distribution across the Sula Valley.