Honduras Politics News

Press-freedom group C-Libre is organizing a network of relatives of murdered and disappeared journalists and media workers in Honduras to seek memory, truth, and justice through collective action and mutual support.

Two congressional commissions have established a working group with transport-sector representatives and government agencies to analyze the impact of fuel-price increases and seek measures to ease the burden on Hondurans.

Honduras's audit office (TSC) found that Omar Elías Mejía Zúniga, president of FUNDANIQUEM (the national children's burn center), hired relatives without following proper procedures in 2019–2020, but determined no explicit rules prohibited such hiring and that a severance payment he received of L1.39 million (about $56,000) was lawful and caused no financial harm.

Honduras's new Energy Justice Law seeks to attract investment and boost competition in the electric sector while freezing ENEE rates for the first six months and opening the way for short- and long-term energy auctions and residential solar projects.

Garífuna communities on Honduras' Caribbean coast fighting to reclaim ancestral land face intimidation from drug traffickers and organized-crime charges from the state, two years after a 2024 government land-demarcation mission was abandoned under threats.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government signed a 93.66 million lempira ($3.7 million) contract for an AI unit that encompasses video surveillance, social-media monitoring, emotional analysis, and a crisis room to respond to negative media coverage, raising privacy concerns as Honduras lacks a comprehensive data-protection law.

Honduras's Special Consumer Protection and Elder Affairs Office is conducting three days of inspections across Tegucigalpa in markets, restaurants, pharmacies, and transport to verify prices, senior discounts, quality standards, and food safety conditions.

A congresswoman from the Libre party has proposed legislation to identify tenants as responsible for electrical consumption during their occupancy, with provisions to report unpaid debts to credit bureaus and protect landlords from inheriting tenants' arrears.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano announced that Honduras will host the 2028 Ibero-American Parliamentary Forum, a gathering of regional lawmakers expected to address security, organized crime, and climate change.

The Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting 12 nationwide enforcement operations during Morazán Week to verify fair pricing, senior-citizen discounts, sanitary conditions in stores and transit, and compliance with regulations protecting consumer rights and health.

Honduras's audit tribunal found that Fundaniquem (the Burn Foundation) hired staff members without following proper procedures during 2019–2020, including relatives of director Omar Elías Mejía Zúniga; Mejía confirmed his daughter, a niece, and another relative currently work there as medical staff.

Honduras closed a three-day GAFILAT regional meeting in Roatán with representatives from 18 member countries, advancing cooperation on money laundering prevention, terrorist financing, and weapons proliferation controls.

The municipality of Choloma is considering using its 2026 investment budget to pay L47.6 million (about $1.9 million) owed to 14 contractors, but lawmakers are questioning the lack of documentation for the underlying work and services.

The San Pedro Sula municipal government approved a budget reallocation of L25.3 million (about $1 million USD) to settle overdue payments to construction contractors and service providers, with L17.7 million earmarked for contractor accounts and L7.6 million for short-term commercial bills.

Though Honduras mandates that 40% of electoral candidates be women, only 38 of 128 lawmakers elected in November 2025 are female (29.7%), a gap the UN Development Programme attributes to parties placing women candidates in uncompetitive positions.

Honduras's proposed 2027 budget includes a provision classifying spending by Congress, the Presidential Office, and the national sports commission (Condepor) as reserved information, contravening the transparency and access-to-information law.

Guatemalan entrepreneur Axel López has filed a second lawsuit against Honduras over seven mobile hospitals purchased during COVID-19 that never functioned as intended, adding to the country's financial and legal burden from the pandemic-era procurement.

Honduras's Supreme Audit Court found that the state power utility ENEE redirected about 2 billion lempiras (roughly $80 million) intended for a national program to reduce electrical losses, preventing the purchase of equipment and services needed to meet its efficiency targets in 2023–24.

A congressional transport commission met with operators nationwide to explore mechanisms for converting transport units, aiming to reduce operational costs and improve conditions for the sector.

A proposed law would make tenants responsible for electric bills incurred during their lease term and allow utilities to report unpaid debts to credit agencies after a 30-day notice period, protecting property owners from inherited arrears.

Honduras's government has officially declared October 5–9, 2026, as the national Morazán Week holiday for public employees, with emergency and disaster-response staff excluded to maintain essential services.

A congressman has proposed allowing professional nurses in Honduras to retire voluntarily at age 58 with at least 30 years of service and required contributions, citing the physical and emotional toll of healthcare work.

A PINU-SD congressman introduced a bill this Tuesday to declare a national emergency and authorize mass food cultivation on unused state-owned land.

Demonstrators blocked the CA-5 highway in Villanueva and a detour toward Calán in Cortés department, disrupting traffic in the area.

The Public Ministry has requested pretrial procedures from the Supreme Court to swear in an expert witness in the ongoing investigation of former Social Development Minister José Carlos Cardona and others.

Former presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla has asked the UN human rights office to monitor his case after Honduras's campaign finance authority imposed a 146.5 million lempira (about $5.9 million) fine for 21 undisclosed private donations during his 2025 campaign.

Congressman Rashid Mejía introduced a proposal to adjust disability, old-age, and survivor pensions under the Social Security Institute (IHSS) in line with inflation, addressing what he called unfair contribution gaps across income levels.

President Nasry Asfura signed the Law of Energy Justice, which restructures the state power utility ENEE by separating generation, transmission, and distribution into three subsidiary companies while maintaining state ownership, aimed at reducing losses and improving electricity service.

A bill by Congressman Juan Carlos Lagos would double the security-tax threshold for personal savings-account transactions from about 150,000 lempiras (roughly $6,000) to 300,000 lempiras (roughly $12,000), expanding the range subject to the lower two-lempira-per-thousand rate to benefit more Hondurans, the lawmaker says.

The Public Ministry has requested preliminary proceedings against five members of Congress from the Libre party and two former Social Development Ministry officials on suspicion of fraud and breach of official duties harming the state.