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Economists forecast Honduras will end 2026 with inflation above 6%, exceeding the central bank's 5% target, as fuel and food prices surge despite a recent interest-rate increase.

Guanaja will host the third Guanaja Fishing Tournament from October 8–10, drawing sport-fishing competitors to compete for wahoo, dorado, tuna, and kingfish across two days of offshore fishing and a junior division for ages 5–13.

An anticorruption council and civil-society coalition submitted a package of 87 electoral reforms covering constitutional changes, election administration, political financing, and electoral crimes, including runoff elections, citizen poll observers, and early voting for disabled voters.

A 50% vehicle registration discount for Honduran adults over 60 and retirees, approved by Congress in late July 2026, never went into effect and left seniors without the promised benefit as the annual registration period began July 1.

The Health Ministry distributed 20 portable colposcopy and thermocoagulation units across Honduras's 20 health regions to improve early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.

The Honduran Coffee Expo 2026, in its third edition, runs through September 26 in Comayagua with a focus on connecting producers, roasters, and retailers through tastings, masterclasses, a business forum, and a competitive filtering championship.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano announced a proposed reform that would allow funds seized from organized crime to fund police, prosecutors, courts, and the military even before final conviction, rather than holding them during ongoing trials.

A 30-egg carton sells for 115 lempiras (about $4.60) at Tegucigalpa's Farmers Market, with promotional prices as low as 90 lempiras, though shoppers say broader cost-of-living pressures persist.

Honduras's Constitutional Court admitted a constitutional appeal filed on behalf of Scherly Arriaga against a prosecution decision denying her access to investigative files related to the Permanent Commission case.

A National Congress legislative initiative seeks to introduce Bible reading and moral-values instruction in Honduran public schools through pamphlets emphasizing respect, service, and family principles, with parental consent required.

Honduras's campaign-finance authority (UFTF) sanctioned former Liberal presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla L146.4 million (about $5.9 million) for failing to disclose 21 private donations totaling L73.2 million, which Nasralla contests as political persecution while party leadership denies involvement in his campaign finances.

Attorney General Pablo Emilio Reyes is requesting a budget increase to L2.9 billion (about $116 million) and roughly double or triple the current 796 prosecutors to strengthen the Public Ministry's capacity to investigate organized crime and pursue serious offenses.

A work stoppage by the Honduran Medical Association has canceled roughly 30,000 outpatient consultations at public hospitals in recent weeks, with physicians continuing assemblies on September 25 to press demands over salaries, contracts, and working conditions.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $92.9 million in foreign exchange on September 24, establishing a weighted average exchange rate of L26.8931 per dollar for September 25.

Military environmental patrols found about two manzanas of illegally cleared forest near a river in La Masica, Atlántida, and announced an investigation to establish responsibility.

At the UN General Assembly, Honduras and the Global Partnership for Education announced roughly $70 million for 'Toward a More Inclusive Education: Transforming Rural Schools,' a program aimed at expanding and improving rural school access.

Agricultural producers say the fall planting season faces obstacles without adequate financing, crop insurance, and climate protections, with fears of reduced acreage and threats to grain supplies as drought continues to damage current crops.

A private operator raised electricity tariffs on the island of Utila by as much as 35% unilaterally, prompting the national power workers' union to call for the energy regulator to intervene and review the company's operating costs.

Honduras has launched a shrimp-export initiative with China that aims to send over 100 shipping containers by year-end, projected to generate more than 350 million lempiras (about $14 million) in foreign exchange while establishing a consistent supply to the Chinese market.

Alfonzo Maldonado died from injuries sustained in a pitbull attack in the Hato de Enmedio neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, authorities confirmed.

Honduras's failure to enact and publish reforms to its electrical-sector framework has raised alarms among engineers and business analysts, who worry about last-minute renegotiations, weak implementation, and the state utility's deepening reliance on private contractors.

Employees of Nueva Med, a Tegucigalpa clinic run by Colombian owners, told investigators that the clinic systematically deceived about ten patients daily with false diagnoses to sell expensive treatments, withheld worker wages, and surveilled staff via hidden cameras with audio.

Military patrols halted the illegal clearing of about 8 acres (two manzanas) of forest in La Másica, Atlántida, where workers were felling large timber trees and converting land for farming near Río Cuero, a watershed officials say is vital to the community's water supply and flood protection.

A security operation in the mountainous Marale area of Francisco Morazán killed two suspected members of the Cártel del Diablo, but three others escaped into nearby highlands; authorities are continuing the manhunt as part of broader nationwide operations that also netted 15 arrests.

Honduras's consulate in the New York region visited ICE detention centers across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to interview 38 Honduran nationals, provide birth certificates, and offer legal follow-up support.

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration increased the availability of its data to the public from 30% to 70%, expanding transparency and citizen access to information across the region.

A National Congress member has proposed legislation to permanently ban foreigners convicted of grave crimes—homicide, kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking, drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized-crime offenses—from re-entering Honduras after serving their sentences.

The Los Laureles and La Concepción dams that supply Tegucigalpa hold just 27.48% and 24.67% of capacity respectively as of September 24, keeping water rationing in effect across the capital with service cycles reaching up to 12 days.

La Ceiba's municipal government began removing massive accumulations of sargassum seaweed from over two kilometers of central beach ahead of the Morazán holiday tourism surge, with crews and heavy machinery working to clear the area before visitors arrive.

Tegucigalpa's municipal water utility UMAPS alerted customers that a former meter-reader is allegedly collecting unauthorized payments in several neighborhoods, posing as an official collector on a motorcycle while wearing a blue vest.