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The president of Honduras's association of artisanal and small-scale miners says the government loses up to $250 million annually in tax revenue due to illegal mining operations.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler announced arrival of 1,524 vehicles for the national road agency, aimed at accelerating highway maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction work across the country, with priority given to strategic corridors and deteriorated routes.

An analyst with Honduras's external-debt and development forum says poverty levels have remained flat over two decades despite spending more than 800 billion lempiras (roughly $32 billion) in anti-poverty programs, raising questions about where the money went.

A forestry engineer warns that El Niño arriving earlier than usual from June through September will reduce water supplies for drinking and power generation, harm planting of beans and corn, and increase wildfire risk across Honduras.

The president of Honduras's renewable energy association said Friday that private generators have no intention to seize state electricity company ENEE assets and are focused on their own projects within reformed power-sector regulations.

The UNHCR representative in Honduras reports that more than 200,000 Hondurans are displaced due to violence, persecution, human-rights violations, and climate change impacts.

The National Electric Company's manager said ongoing blackouts across western Honduras stem from system instability rooted in insufficient investment and maintenance over time.

Economist Guillermo Matamoros says the Central Bank of Honduras must implement mitigation measures as inflation indicators suggest it will exceed the bank's target range, though May data shows a slowdown from April.

The government approved importing 60,000 metric tons of rice from South America with zero tariffs through December 31, bypassing the 45% duty normally applied to countries without free-trade agreements, drawing criticism from domestic rice producers who say they lack guaranteed prices and a coherent agricultural plan.

Honduras's human-rights ombudsman office handled 17,334 complaints filed by women between 2021 and June 2026, averaging nine per day, according to CONADEH's statistics unit.

Congress unanimously approved the Transparency and Centralized Beneficial-Owner Registry Law, which aims to identify final beneficiaries of legal entities and structures to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption, and organized crime.

A Libre congresswoman argues that two Supreme Court advisers, Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López, violated Article 55 of the Constitution by taking leaves of absence to hold paid positions outside health and education, alleging political favoritism.

The National Roads and Transport Authority director said Honduras is comprehensively reforming its traffic law to include new driver-licensing rules, speed regulations, and breathalyzer standards, while also training teachers nationwide on road safety education.

Telecommunications Commission member Saraí Espinal announced that cable and telecom operators will have 60 days—once Congress approves the measure—to remove unused cables and wiring from utility poles nationwide, with CONATEL overseeing compliance.

Former Liberal Party leader Yani Rosenthal says fallout from a foreign war has pushed Honduras's inflation beyond the Central Bank's target range, squeezing households and forcing the government to subsidize fuel and energy costs.

CREE commissioner Héctor Corrales said the agency's review of electricity tariffs reflects upward pressure from rising fuel prices, exchange-rate shifts, and increased energy demand.

The Ciudad Mujer educational center graduated 91 women—including single mothers, homemakers, and working women from across Honduras—who completed secondary studies through a program designed to serve women unable to pursue education through conventional channels.

The Inter-American Development Bank said it supports Honduras's energy reforms, which aim to fix structural problems in the electrical system and ensure long-term sustainability, and pledged to help with implementation.

Honduras's monthly economic activity index rose 3.5% in the first four months of 2026, driven by stronger agricultural-export sales and increased domestic consumption, the central bank reported.

About 300 employees of Honduras's National Emergency System 911—ambulance staff, paramedics, and dispatchers—say they have not been paid for several months, with Human Resources offering no explanation for the delays that began when the current government took office.

Only about 3,000 social homes may be built this year because the state housing bank BANHPROVI has not yet received promised funds, though officials say $500 million annually could flow by late August if IMF talks proceed.

Honduras's national vocational institute is adding artificial intelligence and photovoltaic technician courses to its curriculum to align with labor-market demand, says director Edgardo Loucel.

Central Bank President Roberto Lagos said the IMF agreement does not condition approval of Honduras's electricity-sector reforms, characterizing the Fund as providing accompaniment to the government's own policy vision.

Congressman Marco Midence, a former finance minister, warned that climbing oil prices driven by Middle East conflict will push inflation higher in Honduras, urging the government to adopt energy efficiency measures and stabilize food prices through state programs.

Samuel Rodríguez, a renewable energy generator, said electricity rates are due for adjustment because high fuel prices driven by the US-Iran conflict are raising energy production costs.

Hugo Maldonado, president of Honduras's human rights committee CODEH, is calling on a Congressional commission to approve a decree imposing life sentences for anyone who kills prosecutors, police officers, judges, journalists, or human rights defenders.

A banking and finance expert says reforming Honduras's electric system could help recover over 16 billion lempiras ($640 million) in losses and reduce the fiscal burden on the national power company, which has weakened since 1990.

The director of the National Roads and Transport Authority said Honduras is the only Central American country without speed-limit regulations, but officials are now working to establish them.

The opposition LIBRE party faction says the government's draft energy reform is privatization disguised as modernization and is calling for a popular referendum, arguing that Hondurans—not lawmakers or private interests—should decide the future of the state-owned utility ENEE.

Milton Puerto, president of Congress's Energy Commission, says private companies will be barred from using assets of the state electricity utility ENEE as collateral when seeking investment loans.