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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 withdrawal from the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) has sparked debate in Honduras over whether the country should remain in the regional body, with analysts divided between cost concerns and worries about regional isolation.

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.

Panelists at Contracorriente Fest 2026 in Tegucigalpa argued that combating organized crime requires strong institutions, prevention, and transparency rather than emergency measures that erode democratic rights, citing El Salvador's mass detentions and documented human-rights abuses.

Military leaders from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic convene June 9–12 in Roatán to coordinate on regional security challenges, transnational threats, peacekeeping, and humanitarian operations.