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Congressman Arnold Burgos says the government lacks 13 votes from the opposition Liberal Party to pass reforms to Honduras's electricity sector, while denying plans to privatize the state utility ENEE.

Honduras's information institute (IAIP) has launched three emergency portals designed to increase transparency and accountability in government agencies' use of public resources.

Tegucigalpa's mayor announced a 68-lempira (about $2.70) increase in the municipal vehicle tax, attributed to a 4.2% rise in operating costs.

A Libre congressman said the opposition party supports modernizing Honduras's state power company ENEE but rejects its division into separate corporations, signaling a key policy divide between parties over the utility's future structure.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Abraham Molina handed the Public Ministry a file documenting agricultural loans granted without proper regulatory compliance under the previous administration.

Congressman Marco Antonio Midence says passage of a law requiring centralized registration of beneficial owners would help Honduras comply with international anti-money-laundering standards and remove it from the Financial Action Task Force gray list.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández announced he will return to Honduras on July 26 at 9 a.m., saying

The government named former National Electoral Council president Ana Paola Hall as ambassador to Spain, tasking her with strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.

The Defense Ministry opened a public international auction for the presidential Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, a move to divest the asset.

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.

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.

Guatemala presented its legal arguments to the International Court of Justice regarding the strategic Zapotillo archipelago, which Honduras and Belize also claim.

The Liberal Party's congressional bloc said it will not support a reform to the state power utility (ENEE) unless the proposal explicitly guarantees the company will not be privatized.

A congressional committee unanimously approved a one-year amnesty period allowing Hondurans to register unregistered firearms without penalty, officials say the measure aims to bring illegal weapons into the legal system.

The Libre party's congressional bloc has proposed a popular consultation to let Hondurans decide the future direction of ENEE, the state electrical utility.

Honduras's Supreme Court voided Memorandum 02/2026 on gender identity, which had been issued earlier in 2026.

The Alianza Campesina, Indígena y Popular de Honduras and allied social organizations formally challenged a proposed legal reform on Thursday, arguing it would criminalize protest and curtail civil liberties.

Criminal defense attorney Jaime Rodríguez is urging the creation of a commission — including prosecutors, defense lawyers, and other legal bodies — to conduct a comprehensive review of the recently enacted reforms to Honduras's Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure.

The cabinet approved an executive decree prohibiting the import of goods produced under forced labor, fulfilling Honduras's commitments to the International Labour Organization and the US free-trade agreement.

Juan Orlando Hernández's lawyer announced the former president will return to Honduras on July 1 after years of extradition and imprisonment in the United States on drug-trafficking charges.

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.

Ninfa Suyapa Flores, the former director of Honduras's juvenile detention institute, appeared in court for her arraignment hearing on charges related to her tenure at the agency.