Friday, June 26, 2026

Congress President Tomás Zambrano said pending legislation to overhaul state utility ENEE aims to strengthen the company, cut losses, and improve service rather than privatize it, even as the government spends more than 16 billion lempiras a year to cover its deficits.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X), Radio América Honduras

The Foreign Ministry appointed eight new consuls to represent Honduras in major US cities including Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Tampa, a move officials say will strengthen services and protection for Hondurans abroad.

Honduras's Constitutional Chamber accepted a constitutional appeal by Roberto Contreras, president of the Liberal Party's executive committee, challenging the appointments of Francisco Ávila and Octavio Pineda and suspending them pending the court's ruling.

The government and domestic onion growers agreed to permit imports from July onward to keep supply and prices stable as the eastern region's harvest winds down, while giving priority to local purchases during harvest seasons.

The US Embassy's chargé d'affaires met with Honduran public and private leaders to support American firm SBA Communications' expansion of the country's telecommunications network, which officials say will create jobs and broaden digital access.

Agricultural representatives will meet with BANADESA to discuss restructuring credit under a new congressional decree, though farmers call the bank's L1.2 billion fund (about $48 million) too small, estimating that more than L2 billion is needed to stabilize the sector.

After more than a decade of broken promises, authorities have begun repairing the Danto River containment wall in western La Ceiba, a three-month project of retaining walls, riprap, and gabions to protect about ten flood-prone neighborhoods.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras, Infobae – Honduras

Officials from Honduras and Japan met at the presidential palace to discuss improving drinking water supply to the Central District and advancing a planned bypass road in Puerto Cortés, part of broader cooperation on infrastructure and development.

President Nasry Asfura signed an agreement with AMEX Healthcare, backed by Austrian concessional funds, to upgrade oncology and diagnostic imaging at San Pedro Sula's Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas in 2026–2027, including a linear accelerator to expand access to cancer treatment.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Fourteen Honduran medical students in Venezuela lost their belongings when powerful earthquakes struck; the Foreign Ministry says all are safe and has sheltered them at the embassy while academic authorities assess when they can resume their studies.

Also reported by: HCH, Radio HRN

Firefighters recovered the body of a third person killed in a major landslide in southern Tegucigalpa.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Radio Cadena Voces (X), Radio América Honduras, HCH

Honduras will see scattered moderate showers through Tuesday, with a tropical wave moving in from the east on Thursday and expected to bring light to moderate rain across most of the country by Friday, the National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanographic, and Seismic Studies said.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

A truck crash in Tegucigalpa, a bus collision near Comayagua, and a landslide on the Tegucigalpa ring road killed at least 18 people this month, renewing concerns about road safety and infrastructure oversight.

Five Honduran state institutions signed a cooperation agreement to promote open-skies policies, modernize border services, and revive regional tourism projects including the Mayan World Program, while maintaining national security standards.

Officials and cultural representatives from the Bay Islands held a workshop to map and preserve the intangible cultural traditions of English-speaking Afro-Caribbean communities, with support from the Secretariat of Cultures, Arts and Peoples' Heritage.

Honduran authorities have released a do-and-don't guide for citizens facing the expiration of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States.

A 6–3 US Supreme Court decision ending judicial review of TPS terminations threatens roughly 1.3 million immigrants from 17 countries, including Hondurans, with the loss of deportation protection, a researcher says.

Police arrested four members of the criminal gang known as Los Sagastume on June 25, accusing them of kidnapping businessman Héctor Eduardo Lisser Pinto in April 2025; he was rescued after 36 hours in captivity.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Alexander Montoya Úsuga, a cousin of jailed Clan del Golfo leader "Otoniel" and a key operator for the group, used La Ceiba and Roatán as a base to coordinate cocaine shipments and money laundering between South America and the United States before his 2021 extradition to the US.