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Juan Carlos Aguilar, transparency director of the ASJ, expressed concern that electoral reforms lack sufficient votes in Congress, warning that parties face political backlash and voter punishment if they fail to deliver on promised electoral-system fixes.

Honduras's monthly inflation rate dropped to 0.19% in June 2026, the lowest for that month since 2020 and down 0.63 percentage points from May's 0.82%, marking the second consecutive month of decline.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler announced plans to repave 2.5 kilometers in Dulce Nombre de Culmí (over 40 million lempiras) and improve 118 kilometers of roads across Olancho to boost regional connectivity and economic growth.

Honduras's Health Ministry is advising parents to vaccinate infants as young as 6 months old against measles during the current outbreak, with follow-up doses at 12 and 18 months.

The CEO of Palmerola International Airport stated that Honduras faces a contractual penalty of $800,000 per month if it fails to migrate all flights to Palmerola and fully close Toncontín, though Congress has recommended keeping Toncontín open for domestic flights only once Palmerola begins commercial operations.

A reported kidnapping of a delivery worker in Olanchito turned out to be an intimidation scam in which fraudsters used his personal information to threaten him into staying put.

A former Civil Aviation official says Honduras must repair runways, lighting, drainage, and other infrastructure at Toncontín International Airport to meet safety standards and maintain domestic and regional service.

The mother of the student who recorded teacher Perla Díaz striking another student said she advised her daughter to film the incident because the teacher had previously made verbal attacks on students.

Honduras's liquidation commission says it will complete the operational closure of seven institutions created under the previous administration by August, with the Finance Ministry handling final administrative steps in September; audits have uncovered irregularities now under investigation.

A teacher in Morazán, Yoro, accused of physically and verbally assaulting a 15-year-old student will defend herself outside prison while her case proceeds; a court rejected the prosecutor's request for pretrial detention after her lawyer cited her community ties and clean record.

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

Potato prices at Tegucigalpa's El Lempirita market climbed to L25 per pound (about $1 per pound) due to reduced harvests from March-to-May drought, part of broader food-cost pressure straining household budgets.

A Fosdeh economist warns that roughly 37 billion lempiras in unaccounted money emitted by the previous administration could stoke inflation, though he notes that inflation stems from multiple causes including import dependence, fuel costs, and climate-driven agricultural shortfalls.

Year-over-year inflation in Honduras eased to 5.83% in June, moving toward the central bank's medium-term target range of 4.00% plus or minus 1 percentage point.

Honduras's National Vocational Training Institute is offering free courses in Tegucigalpa through mid-July in sales, finance, emotional intelligence, marketing, beauty, and pastry-making, available both online and in-person.

The capital accounts for 24% of Honduras's 5,064 dengue cases this year, with eight neighborhoods—including San Miguel, La Era, and Nueva Suyapa—showing the highest transmission as health authorities warn young adults aged 20–30 face the greatest risk of severe complications.

Honduras claimed five medals on the opening day of the Pan-American Sambo Championship in Costa Rica, including a gold medal from Brad Flores in the men's heavyweight division and medals across multiple weight classes in both sport sambo and combat sambo.

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Tegucigalpa on suspicion of sexually abusing his 6-year-old nephew repeatedly since 2025; the child disclosed the abuse to his mother on July 6.

Residents of Honduras's capital pay an average of L37 (about $1.48) per month for water service, a rate the public utility says is too low to fund infrastructure upgrades needed to improve supply and reduce service interruptions.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for Miguel Ángel Hernández Mejía, accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in Catacamas, Olancho, after he confessed to paying the child's mother 4,000 lempiras (about $160) monthly for six months.

Parents occupied the National School of Music in Tegucigalpa on Friday to protest employee dismissals, citing threats to security and school operations, particularly after guards were laid off.

New Land LLC, a foreign-controlled firm, announced plans for a "smart city" tech park in Honduras's Moskitia region without consulting indigenous communities, prompting local leaders to warn of similarities to controversial autonomous economic zones.

Health Ministry authorities confirmed two dengue-related deaths in Choluteca department.

Parents have occupied the Santos Guardiola school in La Ceiba, Atlántida, to protest the firing of staff members.

Border police arrested Matthew Saul Castro, a 30-year-old American, at the Las Manos checkpoint in El Paraíso after detecting a red Interpol alert for two murder charges in the United States; he was also previously detained in Honduras in connection with a killing in Yoro.

President Nasry Asfura launched the Talent Up scholarship program in partnership with Google Cloud and development agencies to train 10,000 Hondurans in emerging technologies and close the gap between academic training and labor-market demand.

Juan Carlos Flores, shot by gunmen on a motorcycle on July 7 in Comayagüela, died at Hospital Escuela from his wounds; video of his final moments kneeling on the street went viral and drew national outcry.

The national power company will cut electricity on July 11 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. across numerous neighborhoods and commercial zones in Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas for preventive maintenance at two major substations.

Thebe Ingeniería, a Mexican air transport company, won Honduras's auction of the Embraer Legacy 600 presidential jet with a bid of L137.8 million (about $5.1 million), just over the government's reserve price.

Honduras will lower prices for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene on July 13, while maintaining domestic cooking-gas prices under a government subsidy, according to the Energy Ministry.