Friday, July 10, 2026 — Morning Edition

Congresswoman Marixa Julín (PINU-SD) said Honduras's power crisis demands reform, noting that companies owe the state utility nearly 20 billion lempiras ($800 million) and that outdated contracts dating to the 1990s energy crisis must be renegotiated to protect consumers and cut losses.

A Data Veritas survey finds 69% of Hondurans support shrinking Congress, 67% favor eliminating the three presidential designates in favor of a single vice presidency, and 52% back a runoff election system.

President Nasry Asfura signed an agreement with the Spanish firm Dominion to build a new hospital in Puerto Cortés, part of an effort to expand medical care in northern Honduras.

Also reported by: Presidencia de Honduras

Honduras's avocado growers are gearing up to export to Europe and Asia through training, technical support, and partnerships with international backers, building on annual production of more than 15 million pounds.

Honduras's transportation authority, the DNVT, is rationing physical driver's licenses in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa because of heavy demand and a single printing machine, giving priority to travelers, commercial drivers, and the first 100 applicants each day while it awaits new equipment next month.

A woman died Monday from a snakebite, and several other people have reported being bitten, according to Radio HRN, which also spotlighted the region's most venomous species.

More than 1,000 adolescent girls become pregnant each year in Honduras, according to women's rights advocate Cristina Alvarado, who called it a persistent public-health challenge.

Honduras has confirmed six measles cases, including four in a family that traveled to Copán, and health authorities are tracing seven contacts and urging parents to complete vaccinations as coverage lags at 70% of the 95% target.

A teacher in Yoro was filmed slapping a student inside a school, and video of the incident spread on social media.

Honduras has handed out 10 million textbooks, launched daily meals for 1.2 million children, begun connecting 8,000 rural schools to satellite internet, and granted teachers a 3.2 billion lempira (about $128 million) raise to keep 1.8 million enrolled students.

Fenagh, the national farm federation, warns that erratic rainfall and the looming mid-July dry season could cut farm output by up to 30 percent, with losses already at 20 percent.

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

The Honduran Football Federation has brought Kirian Manzano, a Spain-based player born in 2010, into its youth development program; his father, Moisés Manzano, played for Honduras's Under-17 national team.

Also reported by: Diez

Honduras stayed sixth among Concacaf nations in the latest FIFA rankings after the 2026 World Cup, with 1,378.97 points and a one-point drop, while Mexico climbed into the global top 10 at 1,754.30 points.

US authorities deported Isaías José Rodríguez Manzanares, identified as an MS-13 member with ties to Mexico's Cártel del Noreste, after he pleaded guilty to a reduced drug possession charge and served a two-year sentence in Texas.

María Nery Méndez, a 55-year-old farmer, was fatally attacked by two men wielding machetes as she walked home in rural Intibucá on the evening of July 9; a third person allegedly tipped them off to her whereabouts.

A Villanueva court ordered Selvin Edgardo Meza Alemán held in pretrial detention on suspicion of repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor, with a preliminary hearing set for August 7.

Urban and intercity bus operators halted service across Tegucigalpa on July 9 to demand government action on security, a day after conductor Juan Carlos Flores was shot dead on the Mateo-Tapias-Mercado route and amid months of killings and extortion targeting the sector.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Pedro Alexander Díaz Franco, a 15-year-old Honduran TikTok creator, was kidnapped on July 5 in Choloma and later found dead in plastic bags along a highway, drawing international media coverage and outrage online.

A judge held an initial hearing for Wilmer Alexander Mejía Medina on charges of extorting a protected witness, with a preliminary hearing set for July 21.