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Tegucigalpa's municipal government signed a 93.66 million lempira ($3.7 million) contract for an AI unit that encompasses video surveillance, social-media monitoring, emotional analysis, and a crisis room to respond to negative media coverage, raising privacy concerns as Honduras lacks a comprehensive data-protection law.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government is installing 300 surveillance cameras in neighborhoods across the capital to identify and prosecute residents dumping garbage in unauthorized locations, with 20 already in place and 24-hour monitoring active in high-pollution areas.

The Tegucigalpa municipal administration hired 42 new advisers between February and May 2026, bringing its adviser roster to 110 and adding 2.2 million lempiras (about $88,000) monthly to the payroll, despite Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya's campaign promise to reduce staff.

Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya met with UK Export Finance director Tim Reid and the British ambassador to explore financing for major capital infrastructure projects, including dams and sanitation systems to improve water access in Tegucigalpa.