Tuesday, June 30, 2026 — Morning Edition

Honduras's air defenses depend on an experimental radar with a 100-kilometer range, built by engineering students at the Defense University, after radars bought from Israel and installed in 2013–2014 failed to work.

The Asfura administration briefed leaders of the Evangelical Confraternity of Honduras on its proposed energy-sector overhaul; Criterio.hn, a critical outlet, reports that opponents call the measure a privatization of ENEE that would ultimately raise electricity prices for consumers.

The sentencing of Francia Medina, a former prosecutor convicted of stealing more than 88 million lempiras (about $3.5 million) held as evidence in Central Bank vaults, has been postponed.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras

Godofredo Fajardo, elected to Congress on the Christian Democracy (DC) ticket in 2025, said he is now "partyless" after the DC expelled him, though he will keep voting his own conscience while remaining technically affiliated with the party that elected him.

The National Congress will hold an ordinary plenary session on Tuesday, June 30, at 4 p.m.

The Central Bank sold $95.6 million at its June 29 foreign-exchange auction, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7183 per dollar for June 30.

Honduras's banking regulator, the CNBS, unveiled a five-year National Financial Inclusion Strategy for 2025–2030 to widen access to formal financial services for women, youth, rural communities, small businesses, the elderly, and indigenous and Afro-Caribbean populations.

A relaunched national plan, backed by the government and tech firm KOLAU, will let more than 10,000 micro and small businesses build an AI-powered online store for free in about a minute, officials say.

Fuel prices will drop by 2 to 4 lempiras per liter starting Monday under the Energy Ministry's new weekly price structure.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization will invest $2.15 million to shore up food security for 4,000 families in Choluteca, Valle, and Comayagua hit by drought and climate variability, through cash transfers, agricultural kits, irrigation systems, and grain-bank support.

Tropical waves will bring rain and Saharan dust will return to Honduras this week, according to the national disaster agency Copeco.

A judge ordered Willian Fabricio Acuña Ramírez held in pretrial detention on two counts of aggravated sexual assault against protected witnesses, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

A 15-year-old drowned in the Chamelecón River in Cortés after being warned not to go out, according to Radio HRN.

A judge ordered Osmán Adalid Carrasco García held in pretrial detention on suspicion of murdering Joel López, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.

Police in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán, arrested a man on suspicion of trying to kill his brother and seized a knife from him.