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Family remittances to Honduras reached $6.59 billion in the first half of 2026, a 11.9% jump from the same period last year and above the Central Bank's projected 3.5% growth; if the trend holds, annual remittances may exceed $13.5 billion.

The National Congress reconvenes on July 21 with a final debate on proposed reforms to Honduras's electricity law, which President Asfura says are necessary to stabilize the state power company (ENEE), though opposition parties continue to reject the changes.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by President Trump in 2025 after extradition to the US on drug-trafficking charges, will return to Honduras on July 26 to face trial on fraud and money-laundering charges related to the Pandora II case, with a court hearing scheduled for August 3.

Honduras's social-security hospital faces a shortage of cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, oncologists, and other critical specialists, a problem compounded by fiscal restrictions that cap spending despite willingness to hire more doctors.

A management commission designated by Congress has worsened administrative chaos and political meddling at Honduras's National Agricultural University through irregular appointments, salary increases, and procedural violations, according to a commissioner's complaint.

More than 261,000 Honduran children in child labor earn an average of L4,279 (about $172) monthly—three times less than the L14,917 minimum wage—with rural children and those aged 5–9 earning the least.

Honduras has spent only L15.8 billion (about $635 million) of a L46.8 billion public investment budget in the first seven months of 2026, with roads leading at 54.9% execution while energy, transport, health, and education sectors lag well below 20%.

Honduras's teaching unions are threatening nationwide protests if the government does not halt the firing of approximately 2,000 administrative, custodial, and security staff from schools, roles they say are essential to school operations.

With Honduras's 205th independence anniversary approaching on September 15, the coordinating committee has begun organizing traditional parades and security operations, deploying over 3,000 police officers to ensure public safety during the month-long festivities.

Family remittances to Honduras reached $11.9 billion in 2025, benefiting 3.1 million recipients and representing 30% of GDP, though growth rates are slowing compared to 2024.

The national utility ENEE will cut power on July 9 across parts of Colón, Cortés, El Paraíso, and Olancho for seven to nine hours of distribution-network maintenance, affecting residential, commercial, industrial, and rural zones.

Honduras's state power utility ENEE has announced widespread outages on July 7 affecting Colón, Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Copán, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho departments between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for scheduled maintenance work.

Defensores de Honduras called on the government and Congress to treat the end of TPS for Honduran migrants and a nearly 12% electricity rate hike as national emergencies requiring urgent policy responses.

Honduras's audit court referred only four illicit-enrichment cases to prosecutors between 2019 and 2025, involving former officials from the social security institute, social investment fund, and two municipalities, with alleged unjustified wealth gains totaling L92.4 million (about $3.7 million).

The Asfura administration has sent a letter of intent to IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva as the current three-year, $822 million program nears completion, though officials say no decision has been made yet on whether to pursue a new agreement.

Honduras's one-year firearms amnesty, enacted July 2 under congressional decree, allows owners of undocumented legal weapons to register them without penalty starting July 6 at the National Police's Firearms Unit in Tegucigalpa.

Between January 2019 and mid-June 2026, Honduras recorded 2,904 homicides of women, averaging over 360 deaths per year, with Cortés and Francisco Morazán departments accounting for 37% of cases.

Honduras exported 6.66 million bags of coffee worth $2.11 billion from October 2025 through July 1, 2026—a 23% jump in volume and 12% gain in revenue over the same period a year earlier, driven by larger harvests despite lower global prices.

Arístides Aceituno Calderón, founder of Hondudiario.com and a respected figure in Honduran journalism who served as an adviser to the presidential office, died at 67 following complications from surgery.

The National Congress is refusing to unseal physical boxes that may contain financial documents from former Congress president Luis Redondo's 2022–2026 tenure, citing a need for oversight by the Court of Accounts, while claiming digital records of the spending have been deleted.

The National Congress unanimously approved 10 contracts funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and Central American Bank for Economic Integration to carry out social projects and consulting work across multiple departments, though lawmakers noted the absence of contract values in the vote.

Honduras's accounting tribunal will investigate L15.9 million (about $636,000) paid for two presidential meeting rooms at the Supreme Court during Rebeca Raquel Obando's tenure, after a failed public bid, a closed private bidding, and cost overruns of nearly L3 million above the original contract.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández's attorney said he will use technical consultants to refute money-laundering accusations at a hearing scheduled for August 3, when Hernández is set to appear before a judge.

Honduras's Supreme Court suspended the arrest warrant and international alert against former president Juan Orlando Hernández from July 20 to August 3, when a hearing on fraud and money-laundering charges is scheduled.

Honduras's air-defense capabilities depend on an experimental radar developed by Defense University engineering students, covering a 100-kilometer radius, after Israeli-purchased radars installed in 2013–2014 failed to function.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández will return to Honduras in August 2026 to appear before the Supreme Court of Justice as part of ongoing judicial proceedings against him.

Honduras's Supreme Court approved a procedural protocol to speed up the return of children illegally taken out of or brought into the country, implementing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction that Honduras ratified in 1993.

Honduras's new Agro-Industrial Strengthening and Protection Law declares registered farmland, livestock, energy, and tourism properties legally protected against invasion or occupation, while exempting indigenous territories unless prior free-consent consultation is completed.

The legal representative of former President Juan Orlando Hernández has asked the Supreme Court to revoke the arrest warrant against him, arguing that Hernández is willing to voluntarily submit to judicial proceedings and poses no flight risk.

Honduras will see mostly dry weather on Tuesday, July 7, with rain expected in the east, north, and northwest, temperatures reaching up to 39°C (102°F) in the south, and continued Saharan dust at moderate levels.