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The Public Ministry has filed a preliminary legal action against the Permanent Commission of the National Congress that was formed during the previous administration.

The opposition Partido Libre warns that proposed reforms to Honduras's electrical system would lead to the privatization of the state utility ENEE and threaten its existence.

A defamation complaint filed by lawyer Cossette López against Marlon Ochoa has been sent to trial court after reconciliation failed; Ochoa was removed as a National Electoral Council member in April following a congressional impeachment vote.

Honduras's Constitutional Chamber admitted a constitutional appeal by Roberto Contreras, president of the Liberal Party's executive committee, challenging the appointments of Francisco Ávila and Octavio Pineda and suspending those appointments pending the court's decision.

The Public Ministry filed pretrial charges against former Congress president Luis Redondo and 11 former members of the dissolved Permanent Commission on six counts.

A legislative committee is analyzing a fuel-price stabilization fund, to be financed by the government, importers, distributors, and possibly consumers, that would cushion price spikes for Hondurans when global oil costs rise.

A new report on Honduras's territorial conflicts argues they stem from deep inequality in land access and resource control rather than security issues, rooted in unresolved agrarian reform and indigenous land-rights disputes.

Honduras's Supreme Court of Justice approved a 7% salary increase for all judicial employees—permanent, interim, and contract workers—effective in August, benefiting roughly 6,000 staff after the Finance Ministry transferred pending budget allocations.

A civil-society watchdog warns that the Asfura administration is advancing laws that criminalize peasant and indigenous land claims while protecting agribusiness interests, citing passage of a sweeping anti-terrorism statute, an agroindustrial-protection law, and a self-defense expansion tied to property defense.

The full bench of Honduras's Supreme Court will decide a constitutional appeal filed by retired General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, after the Constitutional Chamber failed to reach unanimous agreement on the case filed in January 2025; his defense hopes for a favorable ruling that would overturn an arrest warrant against him.

Honduras inaugurated the UN-backed International Year of Women Farmers 2026 to recognize rural women's role in food production and address gaps in their access to land, credit, and technology, with data showing only 12% own land and 70% lack formal bank credit.

The Supreme Court's full bench approved a draft law creating a Judicial Council and establishing a judicial career system, proposals aimed at reforming Honduras's court structure and judicial personnel management.

Congresswoman Iroshka Elvir says the Public Ministry is investigating journalist Armando Villanueva for alleged gender-based violence and defamation, and that she has been summoned to testify about verbal assaults she says occurred over several months.

Former prosecutors office staff fired since February 2026 filed a complaint against Attorney General Dagoberto Aspra alleging unjustified dismissals and nonpayment of severance and labor benefits, though Finance Ministry records show funds were transferred to the agency.

The Public Prosecutor's Office secured a new conviction against former officials and business people for large-scale fraud in the '14 Contracts' case involving the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS).

Congress says it has secured the 65 votes needed to approve electricity-sector reforms aimed at modernizing the system and addressing ENEE's mounting losses—about 1.5 billion lempiras monthly—while rejecting opposition claims the measures would privatize the state utility.

Former Supreme Court magistrate Jacobo Cálix urged broad public debate on a proposed Judicial Council law before Congress approves it, cautioning that if the legislature appoints council members, political influence could undermine judicial independence and merit-based judge selection.

Amnesty International's Americas director said recent Honduran laws—including an expanded terrorism definition and an agro-industrial sector measure—resemble patterns seen elsewhere in Latin America that have been used to criminalize protest, though she noted Amnesty has not yet formally analyzed them.

A specialized tribunal sentenced five people—two former Social Security Institute executives and three construction contractors—to prison terms and fines for their roles in a scheme to embezzle nearly 158 million lempiras (about $6.3 million) through irregular infrastructure contracts awarded between 2010 and 2013.

A new CESPAD report on 2025 territorial conflicts in Honduras maps 77 disputes across 13 departments, analyzing underlying economic interests, legal frameworks, criminalization of land defenders, and impacts on human rights and communities.

A government decree approving a national anti-corruption strategy confirms the Asfura administration has rejected establishing CICIH as an independent international anti-corruption mission, replacing it with a technical-assistance plan that critics say lacks the investigative powers and judicial independence citizens have demanded since 2015.

Congresswoman Iroshka Elvir of the Liberal Party criticized the government's pause on eight hospital projects begun under former president Xiomara Castro, arguing the freeze favors private healthcare over public services.

Investigators from the Public Ministry's Criminal Investigation Agency are conducting a third day of document seizures at the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, seeking records on hospital construction projects in Olancho, Ocotepeque, and Santa Bárbara initiated under the previous administration.

Attorney Omar Menjívar argues that a bipartisan electrical-sector reform advancing in Congress would leave the state-owned utility ENEE intact but progressively transfer control of power service delivery to private companies, citing the precedent of Hondutel's decline after losing core telecom functions to private providers.

The Liberal Party's Congress members say they secured a clause prohibiting direct and indirect privatization of Honduras's national electricity utility, though they continue to raise concerns about sector competition, tariff reduction, energy theft, and the company's debt relief plan.

Honduras's traffic authority says current penalties—including a 600-lempira fine for speeding—have lost their deterrent effect and proposes expanding technological speed enforcement, breath-alcohol testing, and stricter sanctions to reduce road fatalities.

Liberal Party congressman Carlos Umaña said the party will not support a proposed privatization of the state power company ENEE and rejected the presidential designate's framing of the opposition's role as a junior governing partner.

Honduras's Public Ministry is investigating former Liberal presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla for alleged fraudulent management of his 2025 campaign funds, including money raised through a Florida corporation that has not filed required annual reports.

Honduras's judicial employee association has asked the Supreme Court to approve a 10% salary increase for approximately 6,000 workers, with a decision expected before the mid-year court recess in July.

A report warns that 77 territorial conflicts, most described as high-intensity, remain active in Honduras amid what analysts characterize as a shift toward punitive government responses.