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Honduras's state power utility ENEE has announced planned power cuts for Tuesday, July 21, in neighborhoods and colonies across the country for scheduled maintenance work.

The director of the Association for a Just Society reports that more than one million school-age children and youth in Honduras remain outside the education system.

Congressman Arnold Burgos says the government lacks 13 votes from the opposition Liberal Party to pass reforms to Honduras's electricity sector, while denying plans to privatize the state utility ENEE.

Tegucigalpa is confronting its worst water shortage on record as prolonged rainfall deficits have drained the city's two main reservoirs to critical levels, forcing authorities to tighten rationing.

The Agriculture Ministry will spend 140 million lempiras (about $5.6 million) rehabilitating irrigation districts to improve water efficiency and boost crop production on 12,000 hectares, helping farmers adapt to climate variability.

Honduras's information institute (IAIP) has launched three emergency portals designed to increase transparency and accountability in government agencies' use of public resources.

Family remittances to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras totaled $20.15 billion in the first five months of 2026, an 8.6% increase from the same period a year earlier.

Honduran authorities forecast slight fuel price increases next week, citing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Honduras's human-rights ombudsman reported that teachers filed 553 complaints between 2016 and 2025, with the majority related to labor disputes.

Tegucigalpa's mayor announced a 68-lempira (about $2.70) increase in the municipal vehicle tax, attributed to a 4.2% rise in operating costs.

The mayor of Tegucigalpa warned that a permanent solution to the capital's water shortage will not arrive before 2028, signaling a prolonged crisis in the city's water supply.

Economic analyst Nancy Ochoa projects the Honduran lempira will depreciate by 2.7% for the full year 2026 if current trends continue.

A Libre congressman said the opposition party supports modernizing Honduras's state power company ENEE but rejects its division into separate corporations, signaling a key policy divide between parties over the utility's future structure.

Jorge Lanza, a transport leader, says the sector pays over 18 billion lempiras (about $720 million) annually to extortionists and calls for stronger government strategies to combat the problem.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Abraham Molina handed the Public Ministry a file documenting agricultural loans granted without proper regulatory compliance under the previous administration.

President Nasry Asfura signed an agreement with Spanish firm Dominion to build a new hospital in Puerto Cortés, aimed at expanding medical capacity in Honduras's northern region.

More than 1,000 adolescent girls become pregnant each year in Honduras, according to Cristina Alvarado, the women's rights defender, highlighting a persistent public-health challenge.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras warned that the country experiences at least one social conflict daily, with most disputes centered on environmental, land, and water rights.

Congressman Marco Antonio Midence says passage of a law requiring centralized registration of beneficial owners would help Honduras comply with international anti-money-laundering standards and remove it from the Financial Action Task Force gray list.

The head of Honduras's footwear industry association warns that cheap Chinese shoe imports are pushing most local workshops toward crisis, cutting production sharply.

Honduras has recorded 15 whooping cough deaths among infants so far in 2026, health authorities announced.

Honduras has recorded more than 5,000 dengue cases so far in 2026, with one confirmed death, according to the health authority's surveillance chief, prompting fresh public-health alerts.

Former president Juan Orlando Hernández announced he will return to Honduras on July 26 at 9 a.m., saying

Lawmakers from the opposition Liberty and Refoundation party criticized the government's cancellation of a planned molecular laboratory, calling it a major mistake and saying officials have not publicly explained the decision or its reasons.

Arístides Aceituno, the founding director of the digital news outlet Hondudiario, died Thursday in Tegucigalpa after a battle with a brain tumor.

Environmental organizations and indigenous leaders are demanding transparency in an oil contract signed for Honduras's Caribbean region, citing undisclosed terms they say harm local communities.

The government named former National Electoral Council president Ana Paola Hall as ambassador to Spain, tasking her with strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.

Tegucigalpa Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya says the capital's distance from its international airport hurts its competitiveness and plans to request a review of Toncontín's concession contract to allow regional flights to resume there.

The cabinet approved an executive decree prohibiting the import of goods produced under forced labor, fulfilling Honduras's commitments to the International Labour Organization and the US free-trade agreement.

Honduras health authorities confirmed two additional deaths from severe dengue, bringing the year's total to three fatalities from the virus.