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The Latin American Development Bank approved $400 million to support Honduras's Comprehensive Social Housing Program, which aims to finance affordable, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable homes.

The private-sector business council says Honduras should borrow the $400 million CAF financing to strengthen the housing bank and spur construction, but opposes debt used only to cover government operating costs.

Congress has reactivated L100,000 (about $4,000) per-legislator social-aid funds under a new oversight framework where lawmakers serve only as liaisons, with an anti-corruption council helping draft accountability rules.

A Libre congresswoman said her party opposes electoral law reforms presented to Congress this week unless Libre gains representation on the National Electoral Council and Electoral Justice Court, arguing it merits a seat as one of the three largest political forces.

UNAH rector Odir Fernández says the university faces a budget crisis from L1.44 billion (about $58 million) in delayed state transfers this year and unclear funding from a promised presidential-aircraft sale meant for regional campus expansion.

Authorities in Catacamas arrested a woman during a raid and seized six firearms, cash, and other evidence from her home.

About 50 riot police used pushes and tear gas to break up a protest in Macuelizo, Santa Bárbara, where residents were demanding repairs to deteriorating schools where their children study.

Five community leaders in Tornabé are facing criminal proceedings after publicly defending their ancestral territory, as the Organization of Fraternal Black Hondurans reports armed operations and intimidation against the Garífuna community.

An investigation reveals that Tegucigalpa's Papa Francisco overpass, valued at 498 million lempiras (about $20 million), developed fissures under its own weight before opening in November 2025, with cracks widening rapidly after completion; the mayor has halted traffic pending forensic review.

Authorities announced interventions at multiple schools in Tegucigalpa after detecting cases of extortion by students against classmates and teachers, with some suspects allegedly tied to criminal organizations.

Honduras's power utility ENEE loses more than L17 billion (about $680 million) annually to technical inefficiencies and electricity theft, representing 35% of total output; Congress is advancing reforms to reorganize ENEE into subsidiary units for generation, transmission, and distribution, strengthen the regulatory commission, and establish an independent market operator.

An integrated food-security analysis projects that 157,000 people across Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the Rio Lempa border region will face acute hunger from July through October 2026, driven by seasonal grain depletion, inflation, and El Niño drought risk.

Honduras sold a 10-year sovereign bond for $815.67 million at a 6.4% interest rate, securing funds for debt management and the national budget while locking in interest rates more than 2 percentage points lower than a 2024 issuance.

Congress approved a motion demanding that the Interior Ministry resolve recognition of Anacafeh's board within 10 days, ending a three-year leadership dispute that has left the national coffee-growers' association paralyzed since rival factions emerged in 2023.

Congress unanimously approved funding of 20 million lempiras (about $800,000) to equip and launch a hemodialysis clinic in La Esperanza, Intibucá, expanding specialized kidney-disease care for the region.

Police arrested a suspect in Intibucá in connection with the death of a woman; the man had an outstanding arrest warrant from the previous year.

Congressman Godofredo Fajardo proposed legislation to allow Hondurans over 18 to travel to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua using only a national ID card rather than a passport, citing simplified border procedures and regional integration.

UN Special Rapporteur Morris Tidball-Binz has called on Honduras to investigate and prosecute both the perpetrators and masterminds behind the Rigores massacre in Trujillo, Colón — in which 20 peasant farmers, including three children, were killed — and to guarantee reparations and non-repetition for affected communities.

Civil-society group ASJ is pressing for a public report on Honduras's National Program for Reduction of Electrical Losses, questioning the transparency of purchases and inventory management during its operation through January 2026.

The Tegucigalpa–Comayagüela municipal government removed 75 tons of accumulated garbage, bulky waste, and vegetation from the Motagua field and area under the Carías Bridge in a large-scale cleanup aimed at reclaiming public space, reducing contamination, and cutting flood risk during the rainy season.

Former election officials have proposed roughly 70 amendments to Honduras's electoral law, including a presidential runoff requiring constitutional reform, a ban on leaves of absence for election council members, and measures to combat disinformation in campaigns.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $96.5 million in its daily currency sale on July 22, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7722 per dollar for July 23.

UNAH Rector Odir Fernández said the university has not received official communication from the government about funds from the presidential aircraft sale that a law mandates be used for regional campus expansion, and the government owes the institution 1.44 billion lempiras in first-semester budget allocations.

A storm exposed the ancient bones of a giant sloth in San Esteban, Olancho, prompting a joint excavation by Honduras's Institute of Anthropology and History and U.S. Fulbright paleontologist Greg McDonald.

A government lawyer filed a constitutional challenge to criminal-code reforms that stiffen penalties for femicide, arguing the changes create gender inequality and could lead to job losses and weapons-registry inclusion for the accused.

The CAF development bank approved $400 million in financing and technical support for Honduras's Integral Social Housing Program, which aims to expand affordable, accessible, and climate-resilient housing and strengthen the sector's financial institutions.

Vilma Palacios, a Honduran nurse trained in the United States, was arrested by ICE in June and deported after six months in detention; she has now secured a position in Canada's public health system.

Teachers and staff have occupied Instituto Departamental Honduras on the Bay Islands since the dismissal of Marliz Carina Gómez Marín, an administrative employee, demanding her reinstatement and citing lack of due process and protections for indigenous workers.

Over 15,000 families in Choluteca and El Paraíso departments are receiving food rations of about 160 lb (about 72 kg) valued at L3,000–L4,000 (about $120–$160) each as emergency drought relief, with 900 sacks distributed daily from COPECO facilities.

Tegucigalpa's Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya presented municipal measures to address the capital's water shortage at a national civil engineering conference on Wednesday.