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Finance Minister Emilio Hércules said Honduras placed $815 million in bonds this year—$615 million to manage debt and $200 million for the 2026 budget—while a new sovereign bond carries a 6.40% interest rate, down from 8.65% on the previous issue.

Congress president Tomás Zamrano signed an agreement joining the National Congress to the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral initiative aimed at strengthening transparency, accountability, and citizen participation.

Congressman Rumy Bueso said the Liberal caucus rejects the government's energy reforms, arguing they weaken state utility ENEE, and will introduce a counterproposal to strengthen the public company without privatization.

Julissa Villanueva, former security undersecretary, is outside Honduras and did not appear at the anti-corruption unit ATIC's offices; her legal team requested permission to testify via Zoom.

Honduras has recorded 6,218 dengue cases nationwide through epidemiological week 29 (late July), according to the Health Ministry's surveillance unit.

Congressman Hugo Noé Pino of the Libre party warned that the El Niño drought's damage to food production will push inflation above 5% in the second half of 2026, and called for contingency plans to protect food security in hardest-hit regions.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Central America's Pacific coast at a depth of 37 kilometers on the night of July 28, with Honduras's emergency agency COPECO monitoring seismic activity.

Honduras's banking regulator has ordered banks to equip affiliated merchants with mobile point-of-sale terminals to accept credit and debit card payments in person.

A northern Honduras fuel distributor says crude-oil prices will continue climbing for at least two weeks due to Middle East tensions, though he notes price controls are managed through international regulations to prevent sharp spikes in the basic basket and inflation.

Honduran onion growers met with the Agriculture Ministry to press for relief from imports they say threaten local planting and supply.

Rectors from Honduras's universities signed a joint declaration committing to strengthen environmental research, academic cooperation, and sustainable solutions to address climate change and disaster risk management.

Juan Carlos Hernández, president of Honduras's economics association, says family remittances have strengthened household purchasing ability for food, education, and health, and reduced demand for consumer credit.

The Agriculture Ministry's health agency (Senasa) is training veterinarians, importers, and customs agents on requirements and procedures for importing animal products and veterinary medicines to strengthen biosecurity and ensure compliance with import controls.

The manager of Honduras's construction chamber estimates the country faces a current housing deficit of 1.7 million units.

Tourism Minister Andrés Ehrler announced that Honduras anticipates receiving about 20,000 visitors from El Salvador during the first week of August, a projection officials say will boost tourism activity and economic activity across the country's destinations.

The Latin American Development Bank approved $400 million to support Honduras's Comprehensive Social Housing Program, which aims to finance affordable, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable homes.

President Nasry Asfura announced $17 million in additional funding to expand ProOccidente, a rural development program, into Honduras's Dry Corridor, aiming to provide technical assistance, climate-smart technologies, financing, and market access to over 4,500 small and medium-sized farmers.

Presidential trade commissioner Melvin Redondo said Honduras has complied with legal requirements in a US tariff review affecting 17–20% of exports and has passed a decree banning imports from forced-labor conditions to avoid a potential 12.5% increase.

A Libre congresswoman said her party opposes electoral law reforms presented to Congress this week unless Libre gains representation on the National Electoral Council and Electoral Justice Court, arguing it merits a seat as one of the three largest political forces.

Coffee businessman Basilio Fuschich said a proposed additional 2.5% US tariff on products from countries with forced labor would, combined with existing tariffs, harm Honduras's exports and give competitors an unfair advantage unless applied uniformly across the region.

Congressman Antonio Rivera Callejas says Congress will vote to extend by three to five months the deadline for the CNE electoral board to seat its third full board member, allowing it to meet quorum with a substitute member in the interim.

Economist Ismael Zepeda says the Central Bank will struggle to control inflation through monetary policy given international conflicts raising fuel costs and a planned electricity rate increase in the third quarter, though the bank aims to absorb excess money supply and cut monetary emissions by 11%.

More than 200,000 people owe the National Road and Transport Authority over 700 million lempiras (about $28 million) in unpaid traffic fines, according to the agency's director Lenin Morell.

Kilvett Bertrand, president of Congress's Defense and Sovereignty Commission, said El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's recent remarks affirm Honduras's sovereignty over Isla Conejo and should resolve any dispute over the territory.

The government's Social Development Ministry has allocated an average of 92 million lempiras (about $3.7 million) in food assistance to vulnerable communities nationwide, with continued distribution this week in the drought-prone Dry Corridor region.

The National Agrarian Institute director announced plans to distribute over 4,000 definitive property titles in Honduras's northern region to strengthen legal security for farming families, with 120 titles handed out in an initial phase.

Economist Ismael Zepeda warns that each cent of lempira depreciation against the dollar directly raises costs for food, fuel, and services; the currency has weakened 1.5% in the first half of 2026, nearing 27 lempiras per dollar.

The Agriculture Ministry called together the National Dairy Commission to review milk-sector conditions, price trends, and develop joint strategies between producers and industry to ensure steady national milk supply.

The president of Olanchanos Unidos foundation says the Foreign Ministry takes up to five months to repatriate Hondurans who die abroad, and urges faster action on humanitarian grounds; funeral homes have offered credit to help.

Central Bank President Roberto Lagos said Honduras holds $11.5 billion in international reserves—enough to cover 6.7 months of imports—and projects 3.5% economic growth this year, though he cautioned that energy-sector reforms are needed to attract investment and push growth above 4%.