Sunday, July 5, 2026

Lawyer Aixa Gabriela Zelaya Gómez has taken over as president of Honduras's National Electoral Council (CNE) after Congress named her an interim council member under Decree 135-2026.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Business leaders in El Progreso say the city raised the vehicle tax without consulting them and that the increase is excessive, and they warn it will hurt local commerce.

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

Feminist and labor groups are urging Congress to ratify two International Labour Organization conventions that would guarantee domestic workers social security, regulated hours, fair wages, paid leave, and protection from violence and discrimination.

Indigenous peoples from the Moskitia region marched in Tegucigalpa against a proposed agribusiness law they say would legitimize illegal land grabs, and they demanded the government honor a 2019 pledge to formalize land titles in ancestral territories.

Amparo Canales, former president of Honduras's College of Economists, says energy reform will require foreign investment and must stay out of politics, while making the state power company ENEE more efficient and shielding its assets from privatization.

A petroleum-industry analyst expects diesel and gasoline prices in Honduras to dip modestly over the next four to six weeks as global crude holds near $67 a barrel, with diesel possibly falling about 2 lempiras a gallon.

Juliette Handal, former president of the country's main business council (Cohep), blamed a first-quarter drop in investment on security fears, including gang violence and massacres, rising energy costs set to climb 12%, and global supply-chain disruptions, all of which she said erode investor confidence.

Honduras spends more than 100 million lempiras (about $4 million) a day on public-employee salaries, with education getting the largest share of the budget, according to former Education Minister Marlon Escoto.

Starting July 20, Honduran taxpayers must generate FYDUCA payment receipts through SAR's Virtual Office online portal instead of in person.

In August the government will begin delivering heavy machinery—part of a L3.5 billion (about $140 million) purchase—to all 298 municipalities to help local governments maintain rural roads and respond faster to weather emergencies.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

The National Road and Transport Authority (DNVT) says it again has the supplies to print physical driver's licenses and is resuming all renewals and new applications; anyone who received only a digital receipt in recent months can now pick up their card at any DNVT office.

The Scientific Industrial Complex of Honduras has closed for good over budget shortfalls, ending a project meant to manufacture medicines and medical devices and conduct advanced biotech research to cut the country's reliance on imported health products.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Roughly L1.9–2 million (about $76,000–80,000) has been approved to add a second floor to the Los Fuertes neighborhood health center, community board president Marco Tulio Romero said, calling the expansion a boost to medical care for the growing community.

A 4-month-old in Choluteca died of severe dehydration after relatives gave him milk of magnesia and other folk remedies before taking him to Hospital del Sur, prompting doctors to warn against home treatments for infants.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

An 11-year-old gave birth at a hospital in Santa Rosa de Copán on July 4; her father says he did not know she was pregnant and has asked authorities to investigate and identify those responsible.

Also reported by: HCH

Engineer Dulio Medina warned that water access is deteriorating nationwide, especially in Tegucigalpa and the south, where he says saltwater from the Pacific is seeping into wells and threatening crops and livestock, and he urged the government to declare an emergency and deploy pumps to tap surface sources.

Tegucigalpa's mayor warned the capital could reach a critical water shortage by late August, with the Los Laureles reservoir at 40.5% and Concepción at 37%, while the San José dam—48% complete—is not expected to come online until early 2028.

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

A landslide and falling rocks have shut the road between El Loarque and Mateo, snarling traffic in the area.

Arístides Aceituno, founding director of the digital news outlet Hondudiario, died Thursday in Tegucigalpa after battling a brain tumor.

Luis Suazo, son of former Honduras star David Suazo, will miss the Concacaf U-20 Championship in Mexico after his Portuguese club, Braga, declined to release him, leaving coach Orlando López without a key attacking option.

Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero said the government remains committed to backing the roughly 55,000 Hondurans with Temporary Protected Status as a federal appeals court reviews the US Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the program.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

A 1999 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report found that homeless children in Tegucigalpa were unlawfully arrested and held in an adult prison, where they faced physical and sexual abuse in violation of Honduran law and international child-protection standards.

A shootout at a resort in El Pino, El Porvenir, Atlántida, left two people dead—one identified as Isidro López Ruiz—and another seriously wounded; police sealed off the scene and are investigating.

Five years after an April 2021 ambush in Tegucigalpa's Cerro Grande neighborhood, a court convicted former police officer Erlyn David Domínguez Banegas of murdering two patrol officers, Carlos Alfredo López Mendoza and Kenneth Ricardo Flores Alvarado, who were answering a routine call.

More than 129,000 Honduran children and adolescents have been deported back to Honduras since 2014, according to the child-welfare group COIPRODEN.

Scaling back the electricity rate increase, originally set at 21.5%, will cost the state heavily, Finance Minister Emilio Hércules said.

Honduras has built up $1.346 billion in net international reserves since January 27, lifting import coverage to 6.7 months, the central bank said.

Three new companies that set up in Honduras during the first half of 2026 are expected to generate around 500 jobs, free-zones adviser Santos Roberto Peña said.

A JP Morgan Chase report ranks Honduras among Latin America's lowest-risk countries for investment, but economists say the country must improve public services and compete for capital to make the most of it.

State power utility ENEE will carry out maintenance and grid upgrades across Tegucigalpa from July 6 to 10, cutting power to dozens of neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and businesses during working hours each day.

Honduras's National Directorate of Roads and Transport said it will bar more than 325,000 drivers with unpaid traffic fines from public services, including police clearances and gun permits, and may report them to the national credit-risk registry.

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

The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry reinforced 260 meters (about 850 feet) of levee along the Chamelecón River in Finca 44 to shield more than 600 families and farmland in the Sula Valley from flooding.

Lawmakers from the opposition Liberty and Refoundation party called the government's cancellation of a planned molecular laboratory a major mistake, saying officials have not publicly explained the decision or their reasons.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Health authorities in Cortés have confirmed 395 dengue cases through epidemiological week 25, including 18 new cases in the latest week, and urged residents to clear standing water and seek care at the first sign of illness.

Doctors in Honduras report a recent surge in COVID-19 cases and are urging the public to resume biosecurity measures, especially mask-wearing, in healthcare and public settings where the risk of transmission is highest.

The head of the IHSS physicians' association says Honduras's main public hospital remains in severe disrepair despite a three-month emergency decree, with continued shortages of surgeons, staff, medicines, and working laundry services.

Honduras's agriculture ministry held an international workshop on bean breeding with scientists from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to develop varieties that resist disease, withstand climate stress, and raise yields, helping meet the country's annual demand of about 3 million quintals (roughly 135,000 metric tons).

INFOP is offering a free, month-long beginner English course starting July 13 for Valle de Ángeles residents aged 15 and up, taught online in two afternoon and evening sessions Monday through Friday.

Erandique, Lempira, has gone 18 days without rain, severely damaging crops in low-lying areas, and officials are weighing whether to declare an agricultural emergency.

A bus on the Victoria-Yoro route collided with a white pickup truck in Morazán, Yoro, injuring several people; witnesses reported at least two deaths, but authorities have not confirmed any fatalities.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Police arrested a 38-year-old woman accused of killing Florinda Ramírez in February after the victim came to collect on a loan; Ramírez was attacked with a machete and her body was later found in Orica, Francisco Morazán.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Policía Nacional de Honduras, Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Fifteen members of the Pandilla 18 gang have been convicted and sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison for the June 2023 attack on the women's prison in Támara that killed 46 inmates, many of them burned alive in locked cells.

Honduras's National Police said security cameras are not banned in homes and businesses, knocking down social-media rumors that spread after police dismantled cameras allegedly installed by criminal gangs in San Pedro Sula.