Saturday, May 30, 2026

The Banco Central de Honduras auctioned $79.5 million on May 28, yielding a weighted average exchange rate of L26.6608 per U.S. dollar, effective May 29, 2026.

Honduras's private sector council COHEP reports 4% IMAE growth driven by agroindustry and remittances, while warning that 3.12% inflation pressured by transport costs and climate risks to agriculture remain key challenges alongside IMF agreement progress and floating debt monitoring.

Honduras's private-sector council COHEP met with the Environment Ministry (SERNA) secretary and agreed on concrete steps to streamline environmental licensing, which business leaders say is currently blocking investment in the country.

A technical mission led by Honduras's Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization concluded with a roadmap to improve combined HIV prevention strategies and earlier diagnosis across the country.

The Health Secretariat announced it is extending the National Vaccination and Deworming Campaign through June to reach more families across the country.

Honduran Armed Forces, coordinating with the Forestry Conservation Institute and local schools, planted 5,000 pine seedlings across reforestation sites in Olancho, Lempira, and the Distrito Central ahead of Arbor Day.

National Party congressional leader Carlos Cano called for a national drought-preparedness program, including agricultural extension workers in productive departments like Olancho, warning that repeated climate shocks risk pushing small and mid-size farmers into food crises.

Karolay Castillo, the San Pedro Sula designer who brought Garífuna heritage to the international fashion world, has died of a heart attack at 42, a loss mourned across Honduras's cultural and creative community.

The principal of Instituto Polivalente Brisas del Valle in Cofradía, Cortés, was found dead of an apparent suicide on May 29, less than 24 hours after 14-year-old student Violeth Eunice Acosta also died by suicide following her expulsion from the school.

Officers carried out a raid in the village of Talgua, Salamá, Olancho, detaining one man on drug trafficking charges.

Honduran police captured a suspected hitman linked to the criminal gang "El Yoni" in Nacaome, Valle, on charges of attempted murder and criminal association.

The National Defense and Security Council approved the permanent closure of Dipampco after an oversight commission found protocol violations, illegal raids, negligence, and possible cover-up in a mission where five officers died, and authorities plan to replace it with a new specialized criminal-investigation unit.

Also reported by: Policía Nacional de Honduras, Radio América Honduras, SEDENA Honduras

The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa explained that a denial under section 221(g) is not final and may require additional documents, while a 214(b) denial does reject that specific application but allows a future reapplication.

The Alianza Campesina, Indígena y Popular de Honduras and allied social organizations formally challenged a proposed legal reform on Thursday, arguing it would criminalize protest and curtail civil liberties.

Criminal defense attorney Jaime Rodríguez is urging the creation of a commission — including prosecutors, defense lawyers, and other legal bodies — to conduct a comprehensive review of the recently enacted reforms to Honduras's Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure.

The Honduran private sector, through FEDECAMARA, has presented President Nasry Juan Asfura with a nine-point policy agenda covering administrative simplification and workforce development, aimed at improving the country's investment climate and decentralizing economic growth.

Honduras's state electric utility ENEE will cut power overnight Saturday in dozens of neighborhoods across Choluteca and Puerto Cortés for scheduled maintenance and infrastructure upgrades, affecting thousands of customers.

Honduran experts warn that extreme temperatures above 42°C are spreading dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases into previously cool regions, driving a kidney-failure crisis in the south, and destroying crops that put 1.7 million people at risk of food insecurity.

The Health Ministry is urging Hondurans to visit their nearest vaccination site on May 30–31 to complete their immunization schedules, reminding them to bring their vaccination cards.

Honduras's Health Secretariat announced that hemodialysis services are now available in Danlí, providing chronic kidney disease patients in the El Paraíso department with local access to treatment.

Conservation group PRO-ALAS, in partnership with government and local tourism authorities, released eight scarlet macaws along the Cangrejal River near Pico Bonito National Park — the first wild population of the species in the region since the 1960s.

Honduras's emergency agency Copeco widened its drought alert from 60 to 75 municipalities across six departments, warning that El Niño conditions could extend dry spells for weeks and are already straining water supplies and threatening crops and livestock in the dry corridor.

HCH Televisión Digital held the sixth edition of its Pablo Matamoros Awards, recognizing journalists Alex Cáceres, Wilmer Montoya, José Luis Teruel, and Gerardo Cáceres for their careers and contributions to Honduran media.

The III Ibero-American Tourism Forum is being held in Honduras, with Copán Ruinas highlighted as a key site to attract sustainable investment and strengthen the country's cultural-heritage economy, according to the private sector.

Honduran champion Motagua has signed 23-year-old Italo-Honduran center-back Valerio Marinacci, a left-footed defender who trained in Lazio's youth academy, as the club's second reinforcement ahead of upcoming tournaments.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Striker Erick Puerto's US visa was denied, ruling him out of Honduras's June 6 friendly against Argentina in College Station, Texas, while fellow call-up Alenis Vargas remains in limbo after his passport was retained pending a visa decision.

Honduran club Motagua has officially released midfielder Carlos Mejía, who joined in 2021 and won three league titles with the club, despite having one year remaining on his contract.

President Nasry Asfura's National Defense and Security Council voted to shut down the anti-gang police directorate DIPAMPCO and replace it with a new inter-agency National Agency Against Crime (ANC) that will unify intelligence and operations with U.S. support.

Honduran police detained one individual found in possession of suspected crack cocaine and powder cocaine in the Mezapa area of Tela, Atlántida.

Honduran police arrested a man known as 'El Fantasma,' identified as an active MS-13 member, on drug possession charges in Choloma, Cortés.

The Honduran Air Force has completed a full refurbishment of a T-27 Tucano aircraft — carried out entirely by its own technical staff — returning it to active duty for aerial surveillance, counter-narcotics, and natural-resource protection missions.