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The Liberal Party congressional bloc will present next week an alternative proposal to reform Honduras's electric-industry law, conditioning their support on incorporating their technical observations drawn from successful regional models in Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.

Joel Alexander Orellana Ramos, 21, from La Lima, Cortés, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Texas in 2024 and received an 8-year prison sentence; he will be required to register as a sex offender for life and faces deportation upon release.

Honduras's National Identity Museum is hosting the 29th National Painting Biennial, Honduras Art Week (August 7–9), artist workshops, and talks throughout August, with free admission and programming for all ages.

Transport operators in Roatán are calling for stricter enforcement against illegal surcharges, unlicensed vehicles, and drivers ignoring set fares, with the Transport Council president citing persistent night-time overcharging and planning a visit from the national transport institute next month.

Ookla's Speedtest data for January–June 2026 ranked Cable Color the fastest fixed broadband network in Honduras for the third consecutive year, and the company also leads in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

Military police arrested a suspected drug distributor in the La Rosa neighborhood of Comayagüela and seized nine wraps of cocaine, twenty of crack cocaine, and two of marijuana, along with a mobile phone for investigation.

Santiago Motiño, mayor of La Lima, is pushing a bill in Congress to give his municipality 70% of customs revenues from Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, citing noise pollution, property damage, and the airport's historical location in La Lima's jurisdiction.

Alba Consuelo Flores, who led the Health Ministry under former President Juan Orlando Hernández, will appear voluntarily on August 4 before a specialized court to answer charges of fraud, misconduct, and document falsification in connection with a $47.5 million purchase of seven mobile hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that prosecutors say cost the state roughly double their estimated value.

Lawmakers are proposing to reduce rental rates on idle state-seized agricultural land from 500 lempiras (about $20) per manzana to 200 lempiras (about $8) per manzana, aiming to ease costs for farming cooperatives and discourage illegal land occupations in rural areas.

Congressman Carlos Umaña, a physician, will introduce a motion to make vaccinations mandatory in Honduras, citing falling immunization rates below 70% and rising cases of whooping cough, measles, and dengue.

A public-opinion poll finds that 79.3% of Hondurans continue to demand installation of an international anti-corruption commission (CICIH), even after the government rejected the mechanism, citing deep distrust of domestic courts, police, and security institutions.

More than 40 peasant, Indigenous, and popular organizations filed a citizen-initiated impeachment complaint against 16 lawmakers, including Congress President Tomás Zambrano, over Decree 107-2026, an agro-industrial law they say violates land rights and enables evictions of rural and Indigenous communities.

Honduras's evening school enrollment fell 5,000 students over six years as insecurity and transport shortages push working-age learners toward weekend classes, which have grown 27,000 students in the same period.

Honduras won no medals on July 29 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, dropping from 14th to 15th place in the overall standings as Guyana gained two gold medals.

Tiburones de Honduras won the Copa Delfines Mayas, a regional swimming competition held July 24–26 at Tegucigalpa's Olympic Complex that drew athletes from Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and was sponsored by LAFISE insurance as part of the championship's 51st anniversary.

Police in Tegucigalpa stopped a minibus driver on the Cerro Grande–Kennedy route after he drove against traffic to bypass congestion, endangering passengers and other motorists.

A federal indictment in New York accuses Yulan Andony Archaga Carías, alias 'Porky', of running MS-13 in Honduras as a criminal enterprise that smuggled cocaine to the US, rented hitmen to drug traffickers, supplied machine guns, and ordered murders of rivals and disloyal gang members.

A lawyer over 50 was found dead in his home in Cofradía, Cortés on Wednesday morning; family members said he had been struggling emotionally for about a month.

Former Joint Chiefs Commander Roosevelt Hernández said he will cooperate if formally cited after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint alleging attacks on press freedom through official Armed Forces publications between 2025 and 2026.

The national power utility will cut electricity across zones in Yoro and Cortés departments on July 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for scheduled transmission-line maintenance.

A study by Plan Internacional found that hundreds of Honduran children have abandoned hopes of reaching the United States and now live in Mexican camps, where fear of authorities, discrimination, and exposure to violence have left them trapped in prolonged displacement.

A child hospitalized with severe burns from an explosion at an artisanal firecracker factory in Copán has been discharged after 26 days of treatment and multiple surgical procedures, continuing recovery as an outpatient.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hércules announced the government will provide $120 million to strengthen ENEE's operational capacity and infrastructure, while the utility launches a bond program with a 16 billion lempira ceiling to pay accumulated supplier debts through weekly disbursements.

Fermín Alberto García Isaza, a Colombian wanted by Colombia since 2010 for drug trafficking and linked to a 211-kilogram cocaine seizure in Honduras in 2015, was arrested in Puerto Lempira and will face extradition proceedings.

Congress approved a motion calling on the state power utility (Enee) to open dialogue with Lake Yojoa tourism operators about sustainable use of a 630-meter canal section, after the expiration of a prior agreement left hundreds of families dependent on the activity at risk.

Lawmakers approved the transfer of 30 manzanas (about 75 acres) of land from the National Agricultural University to the municipality of Trojes, El Paraíso, to be used for public infrastructure including a slaughterhouse, cemetery, hospital, or fire station.

Olimpia rescheduled its season-opening match against Lobos UPNFM from August 1 to August 2 at 7:30 p.m. because the stadium José de la Paz Herrera was unavailable due to a Honduras TikTokers exhibition match.

Honduras's atmospheric authority warns that rainfall expected in August will fall short of levels needed to restore soil moisture for agricultural planting, particularly in vulnerable regions.

Temperatures in Choluteca and Valle are forecast to reach 40°C (104°F) on July 30, with scattered rainfall in northern and eastern regions; authorities urge hydration and sun protection.

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff commander Roosevelt Hernández has a court date set for August 7 for a charges hearing; his attorney argues the allegations against him stem from misinterpreted statements.