Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Congress passed the first reading of a transparency bill that would require companies and trusts to disclose their beneficial owners, an effort to meet international anti-money-laundering standards and keep Honduras off the Financial Action Task Force's gray list.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The European Union's ambassador to Honduras endorsed proposed reforms to the country's electricity law, saying the model mirrors European approaches and would improve service while lowering rates through renewable-energy incentives.

Congress and Oabi, the seized-property office, signed an agreement to open Congress's first regional office in San Pedro Sula, where lawmakers for the north and Atlantic coast can meet constituents, with a second property in Tegucigalpa set aside for a regional legislative forum.

Honduras's Supreme Court unveiled a digital system that lets citizens at home and abroad request, pay for, and download criminal-history certificates and authenticated documents in about ten minutes.

The central bank's June 15 currency auction allocated $78.9 million and set a weighted average exchange rate of L26.6920 per dollar for June 16.

Honduras's average import price for fuel rose 24.2% from the previous month in April 2026, a slower pace than March's 32.9% jump, tracking crude-oil and derivative prices from the Gulf.

Honduras is running laboratory tests on soil and rock samples from dike-reconstruction projects in the Sula Valley to confirm the materials can withstand flooding and rising rivers, including tests for soil classification, permeability, and structural-load capacity.

A clash over overlapping duties between the interim technical chief and the administrative director at El Cajón, Honduras's largest hydroelectric plant, is stalling the purchase of parts needed to keep all four turbines running, according to internal communications obtained by El Heraldo.

ENEE announced planned power cuts on June 16 across several zones for scheduled maintenance and infrastructure work.

Telecommunications Commission member Saraí Espinal said cable and telecom operators will have 60 days, once Congress approves the measure, to remove unused cables and wiring from utility poles nationwide, with CONATEL overseeing compliance.

The Infrastructure Ministry has finished a breakwater in Manacalito, Puerto Cortés, to protect more than 200 families and roughly 3,700 acres of cropland from flooding and erosion by the Ulúa River.

The Special Environmental Protection Unit of the Public Prosecutor's Office is collecting water samples in the Medina neighborhood of Puerto Cortés to investigate possible contamination, working with CESCCO and the municipal environmental office.

Honduras has recorded 2,711 student dropouts in the first half of the 2026 school year, 75% of them in primary grades, with poverty, violence, and poor school conditions cited as the main causes.

A congressman has proposed a national student employment program that would offer tax incentives to companies hiring students aged 16 to 30 for part-time or flexible work that fits around their studies, with full labor protections.

Argentine coach Silvio Rudman, who recently left Boca Juniors, has been hired to lead San Pedro Sula's Marathón after the club's loss in the Clausura final.

Pedro Alexis Matamoros Sánchez, the fourth person charged in the 2019 killing of former Tegucigalpa mayor Óscar Acosta, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras, Ministerio Público (X)

A court in San Pedro Sula unanimously acquitted Isaac Sandoval of violence against a woman and injury charges brought by his ex-partner, Colombian model Daniela Aldana, finding insufficient evidence to support the allegations.

Honduras's Public Ministry seized 104 illicit assets—including 40 vehicles, 38 financial products, 19 properties, and seven businesses—linked to a fugitive tied to the criminal organization Los Pinto, after spotting an unexplained gap of 418 million lempiras (about $16.7 million) in his finances.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)