Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — Morning Edition

The National Anticorruption Council opened its first Regional Forums for Integrity and Municipal Governance in Olanchito, Yoro, gathering public institutions, civil society, and local governments to strengthen transparency and good governance in Honduras's municipalities.

Residents gathered outside the Sports Palace in El Progreso, Yoro, demanding access to meet with the mayor, prompting the National Police to move in as tear gas was threatened.

Colonel Juan Carlos Osorto Castillo, the former director of Honduras's main penitentiary, is calling for a full audit of the Támara prison commissary system dating back to its creation, citing unclear profit accounting and missing inventory records as administrations changed, after an alleged eight-million-lempira shortfall was detected.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $83.6 million in its July 6 currency sale, setting the weighted-average exchange rate at L 26.7383 per dollar for July 7.

A think tank says Honduras's state power utility loses about 15 billion lempiras (roughly $600 million) a year, blaming political interference rather than operational needs, as Congress debates an overhaul opposed by some lawmakers who fear it would weaken the company's role in the market.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Honduras's state power utility, ENEE, announced widespread outages on July 7 in Colón, Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Copán, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho, running from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for scheduled maintenance.

Nolberto Ramos, 66, died after being bitten by a snake in Patuca, Olancho; authorities have released no details about the incident or the species involved.

Israeli and Honduran ophthalmologists began a weeklong surgical brigade at San Felipe Hospital to perform more than 200 cataract operations, part of a wider push to clear a multiyear waiting list and cut Honduras's surgical backlog.

The head of the IHSS doctors' association says the social-security institute faces a severe crisis driven by government debt topping 30 billion lempiras (about $1.2 billion) and another 6 billion lempiras owed by other sectors, worsened by overcrowding, physician shortages, and no new buildings in more than 30 years.

Soldiers and police seized 565 board feet of illegally logged cedar in Quimistán, Santa Bárbara, after anonymous tips about environmental crimes and illegal logging in the area.

Students at Instituto Jesús Aguilar Paz have occupied the school indefinitely to protest staff layoffs there.

The World Meteorological Organization projects a rapid shift to strong El Niño conditions from July through September 2026, bringing above-normal temperatures and erratic rainfall that officials warn could strain crops, water supplies, and energy demand in vulnerable southern and western departments.

Olimpia will face Génesis Policía Nacional on July 7 at the National High Performance Center in preseason preparation ahead of the Supercopa against Motagua and a July 11 friendly in Houston.

A man and woman riding a motorcycle were killed when a heavy truck struck them on a road in Villanueva, Cortés; authorities were investigating the crash.

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

The National Police, Municipal Police, and San Pedro Sula's city government are running weekend inspections to shut down unlicensed alcohol vendors and curb violence linked to unregulated drinking in the northern valley.

A video has emerged of the abduction of journalist Roxana Guzmán, with her mother reacting to the footage.