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President Nasry Asfura met with executives from Italian munitions maker Fiocchi to discuss establishing a manufacturing plant in Honduras that would supply both the domestic and Latin American defense and civilian markets.

More than 100 Honduran shoe-manufacturing workshops risk closure due to a 5–10% rise in raw-material costs linked partly to power blackouts and rationing, threatening over 400 jobs, the industry association warned.

Economic Development Minister Eddy Ordóñez said the government is shifting from steep fines to warnings and guidance for small businesses, has conducted over 1,500 compliance trainings, and expects to announce a manufacturing-sector expansion creating more than 1,600 jobs.

A labor confederation representative estimates that about 40% of Honduras's maquiladoras (assembly factories) have shut down, severely impacting employment and family incomes in the northern industrial zone.

Honduras's apparel-manufacturing sector has created roughly 2,000 new jobs in recent months and reported fewer mass layoff announcements, though unions warn that thousands remain jobless and call for dialogue to accelerate rehiring.