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Honduras recorded a current-account surplus of $763.7 million in the first quarter of 2026, driven by strong family remittances and rising exports, particularly coffee.

A 15-year-old pregnant girl died at Hospital del Sur in Choluteca on June 26 after complications following delivery of a stillborn child; hospital staff suspect delayed arrival contributed to her death.

Attorney Leonel Núñez said the ongoing investigation into former Congress President Luis Redondo and Permanent Commission members over January events is a preliminary stage to determine whether crimes occurred, not an accusation, and cautioned that the public prosecutor must support any charges with evidence while respecting due process.

The cancellation of Temporary Protected Status leaves thousands of Honduran migrants in the United States with limited pathways to regularize their immigration status, says former migration director Wilson Paz.

The Public Ministry opened an investigation into former Attorney General Johel Zelaya for allegedly signing illegal contracts and unconstitutional actions that led to his removal through a political trial, with authorities seeking phone data.

Honduras's net international reserves have accumulated $1.13 billion since January 27, the central bank reported as of June 25, while import coverage held steady at 6.6 months.

Gunfire erupted outside a school in Juticalpa, Olancho, with at least two bullets striking a window of the building, alarming parents.

Honduras's net international investment position stood at minus $11.23 billion in the first quarter of 2026, an improvement of $1.27 billion from the end of 2025 as the country reduced its net debtor position.

The Civil Engineers Association of Honduras is updating the national building code, expected before November, to specify what soil and geological studies are required at different project scales, with a strong emphasis on geotechnical and geological requirements.

A grain producer warns that an extended dry season from mid-July through early October, driven by climate change and El Niño, could reduce maize and bean output by roughly two million quintals (about 90,000 metric tons) in the dry corridor, deepening food insecurity for subsistence farming families.

San Pedro Sula's ExpoJuniana fair wraps up Friday through Sunday with Los Clásicos and Silver Star on Friday, Las Chicas Roland and Los Rolands on Saturday, and Silvia Rodríguez closing on Sunday; general admission is L50 (about $2), with children under 12 free.

Junior Monge, 27, accused of leading a major cocaine-smuggling organization called Los Monges that moved drugs to the US and Europe via Honduras's Atlantic corridor, was arrested June 25 in northern Spain and faces extradition to Honduras.

Thousands of Eunica monima butterflies have swarmed Tegucigalpa and other parts of Honduras in an unusually intense annual migration that specialists link to climate shifts and accelerated breeding favored by heat waves followed by brief rains.

An economist at Fosdeh argues that recent declines in diesel prices justify revising public transport fares that were raised months ago as a temporary measure tied to fuel costs.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $93.8 million in its daily currency sale on June 26, setting the exchange rate at L26.7217 per dollar for the weekend and Monday.

ENEE will cut power in parts of Comayagua and La Paz on June 27 from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM for scheduled grid maintenance and operational work.

As of March 2026, Honduras's foreign-exchange reserves reached 144.4% of the IMF's recommended sufficiency level (100%–150%), exceeding the prudential threshold and bolstering the country's ability to withstand external economic shocks.

Honduras's public external debt reached $10.76 billion as of March 2026, up $24.5 million from December 2025.

Honduras's Housing Ministry plans to subsidize home purchases for about 5,000 low-income families by year-end, allocating over 1 billion lempiras (about $40 million) in direct credits and state subsidies targeting households earning less than half the minimum wage.

Nearly four years after a September 2022 landslide destroyed the La Guillén neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, dozens of families remain without permanent housing as a planned replacement complex (Villa Solidaridad) has advanced only 23% toward completion with L32.8 million of a projected L117–140 million budget spent.

Honduras logged over 1.6 million migrant movements from January through mid-June 2026, with the El Amatillo land border and Ramón Villeda Morales Airport accounting for most traffic; the increase reflects recovering tourism and regional transit.

Honduras's Constitutional Court granted an amparo (constitutional remedy) to former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo and ordered an appeals court to issue a new, properly reasoned ruling on his pretrial detention in an extortion case, finding the original decision violated due process.

A court acquitted José Rodimiro Arita, former director of La Tolva maximum-security prison, of money laundering and criminal association charges, but found him guilty of breach of duty for failing to report 445,000 lempiras (about $17,800) that entered the facility; sentencing is scheduled for August 4.

Gerardo Salgado, an adviser to Congress's Energy Commission, also serves on the board of the Honduran Renewable Energy Association, which is pushing Congress to include microgrids and macrogrids in the upcoming electricity-sector reform—provisions not in the commission's original draft but potentially to be added during final debate.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is recruiting for eight positions across supply-chain, protection, and mental-health roles in Honduras's two largest cities, with applications due by June 29.

Honduras's energy ministry announced a significant reduction in petroleum product prices effective Monday, June 29, continuing a downward trend in fuel costs.

Tegucigalpa Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya says the expansion of Puente Germania will be completed in early October, according to municipal authorities.

Members of Congress's International Relations Committee met with European Parliament and EU officials in Brussels to discuss cooperation on democracy, security, drug trafficking, human rights, and foreign investment in Honduras.

About 1,600 agricultural workers from Honduras and Guatemala will travel to Spain in 2026 for temporary fruit-picking jobs in Huelva under circular-migration programs that the Inter-American Development Bank describes as orderly and safe labor mobility.

Former president Manuel Zelaya has accused the National Party of orchestrating criminal investigations against 13 former members of Congress's permanent commission, including ex-Congress president Luis Redondo, over their role in a January 2026 legislative session that debated a recount of disputed electoral ballots.