Friday, June 12, 2026 — Evening Edition

US authorities are warning foreign content creators who plan to cover the 2026 World Cup that posting monetized social-media content violates the terms of a tourist visa and could lead to visa cancellation and deportation.

The head of Honduras's electoral commission has proposed scrapping the unanimity requirement for decisions by the electoral council and electoral court in favor of simple-majority voting to speed up elections, though opposition parties fear it could weaken consensus-building.

Honduras's engineering college says a draft reform of the national electricity law could threaten the sector's stability by exempting state-owned subsidiaries from traditional asset controls, and that it lacks binding measures to tackle chronic technical and non-technical losses.

Hugo Maldonado, president of the human rights committee CODEH, is urging a congressional commission to approve a decree imposing life sentences on anyone who kills prosecutors, police officers, judges, journalists, or human rights defenders.

Congress on June 4 passed a law exempting agribusiness land from expropriation and land-reform programs and ordering police to act at once against occupations or protests, a measure peasant groups say criminalizes rural organizing in the conflict-torn Bajo Aguán region, where 20 people were killed on May 21.

Finance Minister Emilio Hernández and Central Bank President Roberto Lagos signed a letter of intent to the IMF before its June 29 board review, with officials saying approval could unlock about $240 million in new funds and help stabilize the economy.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's Energy Ministry announced price cuts for regular gasoline, premium gasoline, and kerosene starting June 15, easing costs for consumers and businesses as authorities watch global market shifts.

Honduras's apparel-manufacturing sector has added about 2,000 jobs in recent months and reported fewer mass-layoff announcements, though unions warn that thousands remain out of work and are calling for talks to speed up rehiring.

Tradable-goods prices in Honduras rose 0.81% month-over-month in May, driven by external shocks from geopolitical factors that pushed up fuel prices.

The national utility ENEE will cut power to various parts of Honduras on Saturday, June 13, for scheduled grid maintenance and upgrades, with outages lasting up to six hours in affected zones.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

A suspension bridge in San Francisco del Valle collapsed and killed three members of one family; residents say they had warned for years that it was deteriorating, and authorities have now approved a permanent replacement.

Tegucigalpa's city government is dredging, cleaning, and channeling six priority streams—removing 60,000 cubic meters of sediment and debris—to cut flooding risk for roughly 600 communities during the June-to-November rainy season.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler said reconstruction of the Germania Bridge and the widening of the southern highway exit to three lanes will be finished by September.

Work is advancing on flood-protection levees at Finca 28 in El Negrito, Yoro, designed to shield communities and farmland from flooding.

The Honduran Navy found three fishermen from Gracias a Dios who went missing on June 7 when their boat's engine failed, leaving them stranded three nautical miles off Caratasca Bar; all three were found alive and are receiving medical care.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, Radio América Honduras

Firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy with serious burns to his left foot from a fire that destroyed a home in La Ceiba's Jesenia Castillo neighborhood, where two adults and four children lived.

A forum on emergency contraception in Honduras found that despite a decree mandating free access at public facilities without a prescription, rural women face steep barriers, pharmacies stock the pill inconsistently, and awareness campaigns fall short.

Indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán are filing a nullity action against Minosa's 30-year mining concession extension, arguing the company improperly invoked an automatic administrative approval (afirmativa ficta) without meeting legal requirements or consulting affected residents.

Honduras's disaster agency COPECO has placed the Caribbean coast and Bay Islands under a Green Alert because of rough seas, the same alert level already in effect for the country's 11 departments.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Radio América Honduras

The La Prensa-Gatorade Marathon, Honduras's premier annual running event, will draw thousands of domestic and international competitors to San Pedro Sula on June 14, with proceeds going to a school project.

Marathón goalkeeper César Samudio, playing for Panama's national team, is the only player from Honduras's Liga Nacional at the 2026 World Cup, with Panama set to open against Ghana on June 17.

A shooting at an eatery in San Manuel, Cortés, killed three people—among them Óscar Ortiz Enríquez and Melva Caballero Fernández—after armed men on motorcycles walked in and opened fire; one other person was wounded.

Also reported by: La Prensa, HCH, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Once Noticias

A Honduran court sentenced security guard Sandro José Martínez Núñez to 18 years in prison after he confessed to murdering 14-year-old Hong Xi Xuan at a family business in Tegucigalpa on April 25; an abbreviated procedure cut the sentence from the standard 20 to 25 years for murder.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN