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President Nasry Asfura will travel next week to Italy and the Vatican to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Vatican officials, and Italian business leaders to strengthen diplomatic ties, explore investment opportunities, and discuss bilateral cooperation on agriculture and development.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano traveled to El Salvador with members of the legislative security commission to tour the Cecot terrorism prison and explore legal reforms and security cooperation between the two countries to combat organized crime.

President Nasry Asfura will attend the 2027 Latin America and Caribbean Economic Forum in Panama City on January 27–28, organized by Panama's government and the CAF development bank.

Honduras stated that free passage through international straits is a national interest, arguing that tolls on maritime crossings raise fuel costs for Honduran families.

An OECD integrity and anti-corruption report finds that Costa Rica alone among four Central American countries has all four key safeguards—ethical codes for judges and prosecutors, advisory bodies, and whistleblower protections—while Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic have codes but lack institutional mechanisms to enforce them consistently.

Honduras prevailed in an international investment dispute brought by CA JLL Capital at the CIADI tribunal, avoiding a $460 million (roughly 12 billion lempira) judgment based on jurisdictional objections raised during the previous administration.

The U.S. State Department kept Honduras at Tier 2 in its 2026 human-trafficking report, recognizing efforts in prosecution and victim protection but noting gaps in victim identification, territorial coverage, and labor-exploitation investigations.

Honduras's embassy in Panama activated consular support for Honduran nationals stranded at Tocumen International Airport after a Friday earthquake temporarily closed the facility, offering assistance with lodging, travel reorganization, and guidance.

Nicaragua announced its immediate withdrawal from Parlacen, the Central American Parliament, a regional legislative body that includes Honduras and other Central American nations.

Nicaragua's government formally renounced the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) treaty and recalled its representatives with immediate effect, a move that comes after the OAS called on President Daniel Ortega to restore public freedoms.

Honduras's Attorney General and Supreme Court are participating in the UN's 15th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, seeking international agreements to strengthen cybersecurity in the country's justice system.

At the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, Honduras's chief judge Wagner Vallecillo Paredes committed to rolling out digital case files and strengthening efforts against human trafficking, aiming to reduce court delays and improve victim support.

Honduras's Attorney General and Supreme Court presented the country's anti-trafficking progress at the UN's 15th Crime Prevention Congress in Abu Dhabi, highlighting plans for specialized prosecutors and reformed criminal legislation.

Two Central American researchers documented the historical trail of remains attributed to General Francisco Morazán, revealing that El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele previously claimed the remains had disappeared after a 19th-century grave robbery—contradicting his recent announcement that he relocated them to a new mausoleum.

Honduras Undersecretary of State Pamela Handal Rivera and El Salvador's Deputy Foreign Minister Adriana Mira signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between their countries' diplomatic institutes.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Mireya Agüero and Seychelles's Foreign Minister Barry Faure signed a joint communiqué formally establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero met her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha at the 81st UN General Assembly, signing a Honduras-Ukraine cooperation roadmap for 2026–2029.

Honduras submitted written observations to the International Court of Justice on September 21 opposing Guatemala's intervention in the dispute over the Zapotillo Cays, which Belice also claims.

Honduras was elected for the first time as a member of the OAS Board of Governors for 2026–2028, expanding its role in the organization's decision-making processes.

President Nasry Asfura will present Honduras's prolonged drought and irregular rainfall to the UN General Assembly, highlighting humanitarian consequences including water shortages and food insecurity affecting 103 municipalities under red alert.

The International Court of Justice set March 1–5, 2027, for oral hearings in the Belize–Honduras sovereignty dispute over the Sapodilla Cayes, with Guatemala also participating after the court admitted it as a non-party in 2026.

A US House Democrats report suggests that efforts to secure Donald Trump's pardon for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández were tied to business interests in Próspera, the economic zone that Hernández enabled during his presidency.

Cossette López presented her credentials to OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin in Washington, officially assuming her role as Honduras's permanent representative to the Organization of American States.

Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to deepen military and security cooperation, aimed at strengthening Honduras's capabilities against organized crime.

Civil-rights organizations presented concerns to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Honduras's judicial independence, judicial-removal proceedings, and lack of an independent judiciary council, while the Honduran government disputed the hearing's scope rather than address the allegations.

Domestic and international civil-society organizations presented concerns to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about vulnerabilities in Honduras's justice system, citing political pressure on judges and weakened oversight of government abuses.

Honduras's ambassador to the OAS deflected questions from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about judicial independence and political trials, saying the government would respond through diplomatic channels rather than engage directly at the hearing.

President Nasry Asfura will attend the inauguration of Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella on August 7 in Cali, joining Spain's King Felipe VI and eight other heads of state for the ceremony.

Honduras confirmed its OAS mission in Washington will represent the government at an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing on August 5 addressing judicial independence and the use of political trials.

Fernando Cerimedo, an Argentine political consultant who advised President Asfura in Honduras and campaigns across Latin America's right, was arrested in Bolivia on suspicion of orchestrating an attack on his pregnant partner, Nadia Beller, after prosecutors found incriminating text messages on his phone.