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Honduras's Supreme Court declared Sept. 14 a judicial holiday for Independence Day festivities but ordered all scheduled hearings and essential court operations to proceed as normal.

Tegucigalpa's city government has declared a ban on the sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol on September 15 along Boulevard Suyapa and at the National Stadium during Independence Day celebrations, with fines of 5,000–15,000 lempiras for violations.

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.

The Appeals Court in Francisco Morazán is reviewing a defense motion while the preliminary hearing against Roosevelt Hernández, the former head of Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff, remains suspended; Hernández faces charges for publicly attacking journalists in 2025.

A Tegucigalpa court admitted an appeal by the defense of retired General Roosevelt Hernández against a formal processing order from a September 1 hearing; his lawyers seek reversal and dismissal of charges alleging incitement to discrimination and infringement of fundamental rights related to press freedom.

An investigation found that former Libre congressman Andrés Castro directed L3.6 million (about $145,000) in Sedesol social aid to a ghost patronato and beneficiaries linked to an internal Libre faction and allied businesses, with at least L1.5 million (about $60,000) in food vouchers unaccounted for.

Congress will include a runoff in electoral reforms only if lawmakers secure a supermajority of 86 votes; the electoral commission chair said the proposal will be unified with other ballot measures for a vote expected in October.

An investigation by El Heraldo found that Libre members of Congress directed nearly 224 million lempiras ($9 million) in social assistance—food vouchers, scholarships, and infrastructure aid—between 2023 and 2024 toward party members and their circles, while registered beneficiaries reported never receiving promised benefits.

The National Anticorruption Council director said the Public Ministry failed to prove its case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, citing the absence of a key witness and saying Honduras's justice system has lost public trust.

A Honduran court on September 1 dismissed charges against former president Juan Orlando Hernández in the Pandora II case, ruling prosecutors failed to prove he diverted $10.8 million to his 2013 campaign when he led Congress, and ordering his release.

Honduras's Supreme Court is renewing invitations to the Garífuna community and Ofraneh to participate in dialogue tables aimed at addressing a criminal case against five San Juan residents and implementing a 2023 Inter-American Court ruling on the community's territorial and collective rights.

Members of the governing Nationalist Party occupied the municipal meat-processing company Promdeca in Tegucigalpa on August 24, demanding employment for party loyalists and calling for the removal of staff affiliated with the previous Libre administration.

Congress received a comprehensive bill on August 24 designed to prevent child sexual abuse, streamline reporting, and coordinate institutional response across Honduras, where officials report an average of 26 sexual assaults daily, 75% involving minors.

Honduras's criminal investigation agency (ATIC) has given Libre party coordinator Manuel Zelaya 48 hours to provide details on the party's national structure, reactivating a 2018 complaint Zelaya filed against military authorities after FUSINA labeled Libre-affiliated groups as terrorist cells.

Municipal police and public-order officials removed vendors from El Carrizal bridges in Tegucigalpa after complaints that street stalls were obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic; vendors were relocated to other permitted spaces.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano announced that the Electoral Affairs Commission will present reforms next week to strengthen the National Electoral Council (CNE), requiring councillors to attend all plenary sessions and improving result transmission to report outcomes on election day.

Luis Redondo's legal team filed a motion to block the prosecution's expert witness from testifying about videos of the Congressional session that approved Decree 58-2025, arguing the judge should not have allowed the prosecution to correct its expert-designation request.

Honduras's Judiciary, along with civil-society groups, prosecutors, and police, has drafted reforms to the 1997 domestic violence law to address gaps, add protections for victims including recognition of vicarious and digital violence, and harmonize penalties for perpetrators.

Negotiations over a sweeping overhaul of Honduras's electricity system have hit a standstill in Congress after the Liberal Party created additional review committees, delaying a final committee report and blocking a floor vote despite weeks of technical work with private generators and international experts.

Congress authorized Tegucigalpa's city government to issue $500 million in municipal bonds to restructure inherited debt, freeing about 60 million lempiras per month for water infrastructure and drought relief in the capital.

A court hearing for former Health Minister Alba Consuelo Flores, charged in the mobile-hospital scandal, was suspended after her defense reported health problems; the judge will reschedule once her medical condition is documented.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández's legal team submitted 36 pieces of evidence—34 documents, one witness, and one expert analysis—during an initial hearing in the Pandora II fraud and money-laundering case, with the trial to resume August 24 to address prosecution objections.

The full Supreme Court has yet to rule on a constitutional appeal filed by the defense of retired General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, who faces charges in the murder of Isy Obed Murillo; the case remains on the court's agenda pending discussion.

Honduras's Energy Commission is reviewing a Liberal Party counterproposal for restructuring the state electric utility into three operating subsidiaries, aiming to attract private capital for modernization while keeping state ownership of major generation and transmission assets.

The initial hearing in the Pandora II case against former President Juan Orlando Hernández, accused of fraud and money laundering tied to diverted public funds from 2010–2013, resumes on August 18 after prosecutors presented 49 pieces of evidence.

Honduras's judges are pressing Congress to move forward with a sweeping overhaul of the judicial-career rules, sent on June 10, that would tighten selection of council members and prevent conflicts of interest after a decade marked by constitutional violations and criminal charges against previous office holders.

An appeals court reversed the formal charges and granted definitive dismissal to former Nationalist Party congresswoman Gladis Aurora López in a case alleging she misappropriated public funds from an electrification project in La Paz.

A member of Congress receives approximately L140,000 (about $5,600) per month in salary and mobility allowances, more than nine times Honduras's average 2026 minimum wage, with additional payments for leadership roles.

A congressman from Partido Libre introduced a bill in Congress to create a law recognizing, protecting, and ensuring the dignity of Honduras's LGTBIQ+ population.

Congress will weigh competing plans to reorganize the state power utility into separate generation, transmission, and distribution units, with the Liberal Party and the government differing on asset ownership, debt responsibility, and long-term contracts.