Tuesday, July 21, 2026

José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, who resigned as defense minister in 2024 after a video linked his father to meetings with drug traffickers, is now an advisor to a Libre city councilor in Tegucigalpa, the mayor confirmed.

The Central Bank of Honduras says the country's macroeconomic conditions remain sound despite a difficult international climate.

The head of Honduras's petroleum distributors association warns that fuel prices are likely to climb next week and is urging Hondurans to renew conservation measures, citing volatile international markets.

Honduras's central bank sold $90.8 million at its July 20 foreign-exchange auction, setting a weighted average exchange rate of L26.7638 per dollar for July 21.

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 from Miami landed at San Pedro Sula's Ramón Villeda Morales Airport on July 20 with visible denting on its nose cone, and its return flight was canceled; unofficial sources have suggested a bird strike on approach, but neither the airline nor any Honduran authority has confirmed it.

Reconstruction of the Juan Manuel Gálvez Bridge ramp in Tegucigalpa is 30% complete, with crews now raising the central column and beams; officials expect to finish in about three months despite delays caused by unexpectedly hard soil and an underground pipe they hadn't anticipated.

Health authorities and major hospitals in northwestern Honduras have set up a joint protocol to handle any spread of measles, with the outbreak so far limited to six confirmed cases in San Pedro Sula and a containment cordon active in Cofradía since early July.

Honduras is keeping its avian influenza emergency in effect after confirming one case on a commercial poultry farm and more than 500 in wild birds, warning that lifting it could relax biosecurity measures and let the virus reach commercial operations.

Congressman Carlos Umaña warned that dengue cases keep rising in Honduras, with conditions ripe for severe illness and possible deaths, especially among children and adolescents, as the more virulent type 3 strain circulates.

Agribusiness leader Gustavo Flores warned that climate change could disrupt Honduras's farm output and threaten the country's food security and access to basic grains.

Residents of earthquake-hit areas are moving back into damaged homes despite lingering structural concerns and a persistent fear of aftershocks.

Cenaos forecasters say the canícula — a midsummer lull within the rainy season — together with moderate El Niño conditions will reduce, but not end, rainfall across Honduras from about July 15 to August 15, with high temperatures and only scattered light showers expected.

Honduras saw a 9.8% rise in overnight tourists and a 19.6% jump in cruise passengers, with cruise traffic emerging as a major driver of tourism growth.

Olimpia and Motagua will play for the first official Honduras Supercup title on July 23 at the National Stadium, with international referee Saíd Martínez officiating.

Also reported by: Diez

Martín Jiménez, a Panamanian footballer who played for Club Deportivo y Social Vida in Honduras's second division in 2025, has died; the cause has not been disclosed.

Wualys Fuentes Aquino, first runner-up in the 2026 Miss Universe Tegucigalpa pageant, was found dead in her Tegucigalpa apartment after relatives reported her missing; authorities have not disclosed the cause of death pending an autopsy.

National Police arrested a man in Comayagua on suspicion of the aggravated sexual assault of a minor.

A man said to be a police officer shot and killed Sohenia Johana Baca, who cared for his daughter, during a dispute over court-ordered child support in the Palo Real hamlet of Sabanagrande; a child at the scene was also wounded.

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