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Clear filtersEnergy Overhaul to Split State Power Company Advances in Congress
Congress is moving toward approving a structural reform that would divide the state-owned ENEE into three separate commercial entities for generation, transmission, and distribution, with energy experts warning the changes open a path to privatization and could weaken the utility's financial stability.
Rights Groups Urge Asfura to Veto Agroindustry Protection Law
Environmental and human-rights organizations are calling on President Asfura to veto a newly approved law strengthening agroindustry protections, arguing it weakens environmental controls, blocks land reform, and criminalizes peasant land claims under the guise of fighting land invasions.
Criterio.hn· enPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 4, 2026#agrarian-reform#land-rights#agroindustry-lawHonduras Terror Law Reforms Raise Civil-Liberties Alarm
Congress approved penal code changes on May 18 that formally classify gangs and drug-trafficking networks as terrorist associations, but legal experts and human-rights groups warn the expanded, vague wording could be used against protesters and social movements.