Thursday, July 2, 2026

The Evangelical Fellowship of Honduras called for a broader, technically grounded public debate on the proposed electricity reforms, stressing that any modernization must keep ENEE in state hands and shield Honduran households and businesses from service disruptions and high costs.

US Representative Rashida Tlaib introduced an amendment to cut off American security aid to any Honduran units found involved in the May 21 massacre of at least 20 farmworkers in Rigores, Colón, and to require the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within 180 days on the investigation's progress.

Honduras's National Congress unanimously approved sending food, medicine, water, and supplies to Venezuela after the June 24 earthquakes that killed nearly 1,900 people, with lawmakers each pledging a day's salary to fund the effort.

Also reported by: Congreso Nacional

The National Congress is refusing to unseal boxes that may hold financial documents from former Congress president Luis Redondo's 2022–2026 tenure, citing the need for oversight by the Court of Accounts, while saying digital records of the spending have been deleted.

The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights says Honduras needs an electoral council free of party control, and it opposes reinstating two current counselors to ensure transparent elections in 2029.

The government named former National Electoral Council president Ana Paola Hall as ambassador to Spain, charging her with strengthening ties between the two countries.

The Supreme Court will temporarily close its main entrance this week for building improvements, urging visitors to use other entrances and pointing people to its online platform for proceedings.

Godofredo Fajardo, vice president of Congress, introduced a bill to block a 12.82% electricity rate increase announced by the energy regulator, holding the price at 5.32 lempiras per kilowatt-hour rather than letting it rise to 5.98 lempiras, citing the strain on household budgets and business costs.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Central Bank of Honduras allocated $99.4 million in a foreign-exchange auction on July 1, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7356 per dollar for July 2.

Congress approved contracts for consulting, technology infrastructure, and external audits to modernize Honduras's customs agency and improve tax collection, funded through an IDB loan.

Credit to Honduras's private sector continues to grow at a healthy pace, driven by local-currency lending to businesses in productive sectors including services, real estate, and agriculture.

State utility ENEE raised residential, commercial, and industrial electricity rates by 12.48% from July 1 through September 30, adding roughly that much to monthly bills across all customer segments.

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

Foreign direct investment in Honduras fell 27% in the first six months of 2026 to $213 million, about $80 million less than the same period last year, the Central Bank confirmed.

The International Monetary Fund is monitoring Honduras's efforts to reform its electricity sector, with more steps still needed to fix problems at the state-owned utility ENEE.

Fundación Próspera is teaming up with the inaugural Espressate Roatán event on July 11 to showcase Honduran coffee to producers, entrepreneurs, and international visitors, aiming to open new markets and spotlight the quality of the country's coffee industry.

Tegucigalpa's water authority says thousands of households will keep receiving water only once a week as reservoirs hover near 40% capacity and continue to drop for lack of rain, and officials warn the rationing could worsen if the rains don't return soon.

A tropical wave is expected to bring heavy rain to Honduras, forecasters say, even as parts of the country swelter in extreme heat.

Midfielder Deiby Flores, sidelined since January, is training with second-division side Palestino to regain fitness before joining Angolan club Petro Luanda, where he will play alongside fellow Honduran Jonathan Rubio.

The Liga Nacional rescheduled the 2026 Supercopa between Motagua and Olimpia from July 25 to July 23 at the clubs' request, giving them more time to prepare before the Central American Cup begins in late July.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Honduras will send 1,000 workers to Spain in 2026 under a circular migration program run with Spain, Guatemala, and the Inter-American Development Bank, up from more than 800 Honduran farmworkers placed in 2025, with formal contracts and a 97% return rate.

Gunmen shot and killed two brothers, Osman Naín Jiménez Munguía, 26, and Darwin Javier Padilla Jiménez, in the Lomas de Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Ceiba on Tuesday night, and authorities are investigating.

Prosecutors seized 228 assets worth more than 420 million lempiras (about $17 million) tied to the Los Domínguez criminal organization in simultaneous raids across Choluteca and Valle, including property, businesses, and financial accounts allegedly linked to drug trafficking and money laundering.

Also reported by: Radio América, Policía Nacional de Honduras

Juan Ángel Guadalupe Domínguez Cárcamo, 66, was found dead in a mountainous area of Salamá after disappearing Saturday; firefighters recovered his badly decomposed remains, and authorities are investigating the cause of death.

A 16-year-old boy died at a Tegucigalpa hospital after police shot him during a June 30 operation in La Esperanza, Intibucá; his mother says officers beat and shot him, while police say they are investigating the officers involved.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

In a 2,000-page report, electoral council members Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López alleged that the 2025 election was marred by institutional pressure from the military and prosecutors, deliberate obstruction, and threats that included arrest warrants against them, while maintaining that no fraud took place.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Honduras's accounting tribunal will investigate the L15.9 million (about $636,000) paid for two presidential meeting rooms at the Supreme Court under Rebeca Raquel Obando, a project marked by a failed public tender, a closed private bid, and cost overruns of nearly L3 million above the original contract.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

A court replaced pretrial detention with lighter measures for former judge Marco Antonio Vallecillo, who is accused of extortion, after the Constitutional Court found due-process violations; he must remain in Honduras, report to court regularly, and stay away from his co-defendants.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Once Noticias, Radio HRN, Poder Judicial Honduras

Lawmakers approved L26 million (about $1 million) from the 2026 budget to build a shelter for women who have survived violence in Santa Bárbara, with construction set to begin this year.

Congress unanimously approved 10 contracts funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration for social projects and consulting work across several departments, though lawmakers noted that the vote listed no contract values.

Rural, indigenous, and human-rights groups filed a constitutional challenge to suspend Decree 107-2026, which they say opens the door to land seizures and strips protections from campesino and indigenous communities to shield agribusiness, energy, tourism, and ranching projects.

Honduras's banks are moving money into domestic investments, chiefly voluntary holdings of Central Bank securities and instruments issued by the government and the state power utility ENEE.

Experts warn that the recent rise in electricity rates will drive up the cost of basic foods, dairy, meat, and other essentials, since 85 to 90 percent of consumer goods rely on power to produce and store.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Central Bank of Honduras says its external position is solid, buoyed by rising foreign reserves and favorable inflows that have kept the net flow of hard currency positive.

Honduras's external debt rose to $9.3 billion as of March 2026, up 13.3 percent over two years, prompting the business council to urge the government to spend public funds efficiently and rein in excessive borrowing.

Cofradía residents blocked the CA-4 highway Wednesday to demand urgent repairs to a sinkhole threatening seven homes and a kindergarten, after months of inaction by San Pedro Sula authorities.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Congress and the state power company agreed Thursday to resolve chronic blackouts and transmission failures in Choluteca and Valle within 15 days, with more than 30 crews working on distribution and transmission substations to carry out the repairs.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

ENEE has scheduled maintenance power cuts in San Pedro Sula on Friday, July 3, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., affecting homes, businesses, schools, and institutions across two service areas.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government found that years of terrain changes, the absence of stabilization work, poor drainage, and water seepage caused the June 23 rockslide in La Cañada that killed three people and destroyed two warehouses.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN, Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Honduras laid down 2,050 metric tons of asphalt to patch potholes on Route RN-57, a connector linking Comayagua, San Jerónimo, and La Unión in the northern valley.

Rose Adams Brooks, a 56-year-old teacher from Tela, died suddenly on an intercity bus traveling from San Pedro Sula toward the coast, apparently of respiratory failure, drawing an outpouring of tributes from former students and their families.

A 4-month-old boy in Choluteca died of severe dehydration after relatives gave him magnesia laxative and rubbed him with aguardiente as a folk remedy, prompting prosecutors to investigate possible negligence.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina declared a six-month health emergency over highly pathogenic avian influenza in backyard poultry, clearing the way for rapid inspections and containment measures on commercial farms and small holdings; the government says chicken and egg production will continue as normal.

Honduras's National Migration Institute recorded 4,917 foreign nationals transiting the country between January and June 25, 2026, a drop in irregular migration flows.

Facing a choice between indefinite detention and voluntary departure, Margarita Melgar left Boston with her 10-year-old US-citizen daughter, Katherin, and returned to Honduras, leaving behind her daughters aged 17 and 20 as her attorney pursues a pending immigration appeal.

National Police Director Rigoberto Oseguera Mass has reinstated officers removed in the 2016–2018 purge, among them Francisco Javier Leiva Gamoneda, tied by a 2016 investigation to the 2009 killing of a drug-enforcement director, and Jorge Alberto Barralaga Hernández, convicted of money laundering in 2021.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

A judge ordered Wilian Obeth Medina Cáli held in pretrial detention after he allegedly struck and killed Alejandra Patricia Meza Reyes, 23, a municipal band member from Petoa, Santa Bárbara, in a crash in La Esperanza, Intibucá; prosecutors plan to upgrade the charge to aggravated reckless homicide.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)