Saturday, June 27, 2026

Juan Flores, president of the Fundación 15 de Septiembre, says steady communication with US authorities is essential to protect Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and to advance other bilateral interests.

A police operation in Choloma on June 25 displaced 15 families and arrested six people on usurpation charges, renewing experts' concerns that new laws—including a decree that strengthens agroindustrial protections and broadens the definition of terrorism—are hardening the state's response to land disputes.

The opposition Partido Libre warns that proposed reforms to Honduras's electrical system would privatize the state utility ENEE and threaten its very existence.

As of March 2026, Honduras's foreign-exchange reserves stood at 144.4% of the IMF's recommended sufficiency level (100%–150%), clearing the prudential threshold and strengthening the country's ability to weather external economic shocks.

Honduras's monthly trade deficit with China has climbed to $256 million as of April 2026, with Chinese imports dominating the market and Honduran exports remaining minimal—an imbalance that has deepened since Honduras switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to mainland China in 2023.

Honduras's public external debt reached $10.76 billion as of March 2026, up $24.5 million from December 2025.

Honduras's energy ministry announced a steep cut in petroleum product prices effective Monday, June 29, extending a downward trend in fuel costs.

Growth in the Honduran banking system's loan portfolio slowed to 8% year-over-year in April 2026 from more than 17% a year earlier, driven by lower interest rates, inflation squeezing household incomes, and weak demand for business and consumer loans despite improved bank liquidity.

ENEE will cut power to parts of Comayagua and La Paz on June 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for scheduled grid maintenance and operational work.

Nearly four years after a September 2022 landslide destroyed the La Guillén neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, dozens of families remain without permanent housing, as a planned replacement complex, Villa Solidaridad, is only 23% complete with L32.8 million of a projected L117–140 million budget spent.

The Infrastructure Ministry announced maintenance and paving projects in three areas—Piligüin, Limones-La Tira, and Corralito—costing more than 100 million lempiras (about $4 million) and expected to improve connectivity and tourism in the region.

Also reported by: SIT — Secretaría de Infraestructura y Transporte (X)

The Institute of Property is printing 3.5 million new vehicle registration documents in 2026 with QR codes, unique serial numbers, watermarks, and two additional security features to prevent forgery and ease verification by traffic authorities.

Salomón Ordóñez, former manager of the national power company, warned that El Cajón, Honduras's largest hydroelectric dam, needs steady funding and emergency spare parts to avoid costly reliance on thermal power, and he cautioned against privatizing generation and transmission.

The Honduran Autism Support Association and the National Autonomous University's physical education program are teaching 40 autistic children in Tegucigalpa to swim, aiming to build water-safety skills and cut drowning risk while improving social and motor development.

Honduras's health ministry is tracking 200 suspected measles cases, six of them confirmed, concentrated in Cortés, Yoro, and the Bay Islands, as officials urge vaccination to contain the outbreak.

Also reported by: Radio América, Radio América Honduras

The Social Development Ministry and a nonprofit foundation signed an agreement to provide mobility devices, medical care, early diagnosis, and official registration to people with disabilities across more than 100 vulnerable communities, particularly in rural southern Honduras.

Authorities recovered the body of accountant Félix Núñez in the Loarque area, raising the death toll to two from a collapse on Tegucigalpa's peripheral ring road.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN, Radio América Honduras

Police arrested the son-in-law of former congressman Rafael Alegría on a murder charge dating to 2016.

Police arrested a 31-year-old man accused of selling cocaine for MS-13 in El Progreso, Yoro, seizing 16 packets of white powder and 400 lempiras in the operation.

Marlon Gerardo Antúnez Díaz, a young motorcyclist, died after crashing on a median of Boulevard Kuwait in Tegucigalpa.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Carlos Alberto Castillo was convicted of aggravated kidnapping in the September 2024 abduction of a nurse in San Pedro Sula, whose captors demanded 30 million lempiras (about $1.2 million) in ransom; authorities rescued the victim three days later from a house in Choloma.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X), Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Honduras recorded more than 1.6 million migrant crossings from January through mid-June 2026, most of them at the El Amatillo land border and Ramón Villeda Morales Airport, an increase driven by recovering tourism and regional transit.

Honduras's Constitutional Court granted an amparo, a constitutional remedy, to former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo, ruling that the original decision on his pretrial detention in an extortion case violated due process and ordering an appeals court to issue a new, properly reasoned ruling.

Also reported by: HCH, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Once Noticias, Radio HRN

A civil-society leader says Honduras must petition the US government directly to renew Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans, arguing that a recent Supreme Court ruling shows the courts alone won't secure it and that Honduras can cite natural disasters as grounds.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Public Ministry is reviewing expert testimony and may soon file charges against former members of Congress's Permanent Commission, led by Luis Redondo, over alleged electoral irregularities.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, El Libertador

The Christian Democracy Party announced Friday that it had cut ties with congressman Godofredo Fajardo, declaring that his votes and actions in Congress are now his alone.

The Defense Ministry has opened an international public auction to sell off the presidential Embraer Legacy 600.

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

The Central Bank's Global Real Effective Exchange Rate Index rose 2.34% year over year in May 2026, a fifth straight month of improved export competitiveness driven by favorable exchange-rate movements.

Transport operators say they will not cut urban bus fares in the capital until diesel and gasoline fall to L75 (about $3) a gallon, calling recent price declines insufficient.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $93.8 million in its daily currency sale on June 26, setting the exchange rate at L26.7217 per dollar for the weekend and Monday.

The Housing Ministry plans to subsidize home purchases for about 5,000 low-income families by year's end, earmarking more than 1 billion lempiras (about $40 million) in direct credits and state subsidies for households earning less than half the minimum wage.

Ficohsa has opened a branch in El Zamorano, Francisco Morazán—its first in the area—to provide banking and financial services to the region's farming, business, and academic communities.

Egg prices at Tegucigalpa's farmers market are unchanged this week, with a 30-egg flat of large eggs at 95 lempiras (about $3.80), but vendors warn that tighter supply, especially of large eggs, could push prices up next week.

The International Organization for Migration is recruiting for eight positions in supply chain, protection, and mental health across Honduras's two largest cities, with applications due by June 29.

Renewable-energy generators say that once Congress approves planned reforms to the electricity sector, investment opportunities will expand sharply.

Hondurodendron urceolatum, a tree discovered between 2004 and 2006 and formally described in 2010, grows nowhere on Earth but Cusuco National Park in Cortés, a testament to the biodiversity of Honduras's cloud forests.

Kenneth Daniel Banegas Mejía, 17, a Honduran youth footballer playing in Granada's amateur leagues, died after falling from a rooftop in Almuñécar, Spain, and his clubs and the regional football federation mourned a talented player whom teammates compared to Ronaldinho.

Police arrested a 24-year-old Choloma resident in Cortés on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing nine packets of suspected cocaine during a patrol in the Las Américas neighborhood as part of a public-safety operation.

A court acquitted José Rodimiro Arita, former director of the La Tolva maximum-security prison, of money laundering and criminal association but convicted him of breach of duty for failing to report 445,000 lempiras (about $17,800) that entered the facility; sentencing is set for August 4.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Poder Judicial Honduras

Two people died and others were injured in a serious crash in Marcovia, Choluteca, with the victims preliminarily identified as Kevin Ávila and Reyna García.

Emely Melissa Zaens, a 23-year-old American, was found dead in a home in Comayagüela's Berlín neighborhood on June 26 after reportedly taking a painkiller and an energy drink, and authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Taisha Urias, a Honduran content creator and makeup artist, posted viral TikTok videos describing alleged verbal, psychological, and physical abuse during her marriage and said she has filed complaints and obtained protective measures.