Monday, July 27, 2026

Christian Duarte, a former finance secretary, condemned Juan Orlando Hernández's return to Honduras after a U.S. presidential pardon, calling him the head of a criminal organization whose rule plunged the country into darkness and insisting he still owes a debt to Honduran justice.

Congresswoman Alia Kafati said she will withdraw a bill to regulate presidential reelection, arguing that the Honduran Constitution bans the practice outright.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Chinese nationals arriving for business and trade have multiplied in major cities since Honduras formalized ties with China, with 218 of 622 Chinese arrivals through mid-July citing commercial reasons, drawing complaints from local merchants who cannot match their prices.

The US lowered its tariff on Honduras to 10% from 12.5% and granted product exemptions, recognizing a Honduran decree that bans imports of goods made with forced labor.

The United Nations in Honduras is hiring for eight positions in Tegucigalpa, including HR assistant, driver, data analyst, and agricultural specialists, with application deadlines running from July 27 to August 5.

Honduran onion growers met with the Agriculture Ministry to demand relief from imports they say threaten local planting and supply.

Tegucigalpa's city government will begin drilling six new wells to boost drinking-water supply as a shortage drains the capital's main reservoirs, while negotiating with private owners to add four more wells to emergency distribution.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Minibuses in San Pedro Sula are parking illegally and picking up passengers outside authorized stops, accounting for about half of the city's 100–120 daily traffic violations and creating congestion and pedestrian hazards; authorities say a thin staff struggles to monitor the city's 2,000 bus stops.

Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya says the city will not reopen the Pope Francis Bridge until safety studies confirm no structural risk, amid investigations into cracks and disputed construction materials.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's 50,279 hectares of mangroves, concentrated in the Gulf of Fonseca, store an average of 346.6 metric tons of carbon per hectare and sustain 75% of commercial fish species, but lost 1,224 hectares between 2000 and 2018, mainly to shrimp and salt farming.

A tropical wave reaching Honduras on Wednesday will bring rain across most of the country, including the capital, briefly breaking the dry spell in the central, southern, and eastern regions during a seasonal dry period expected to last through early September.

Also reported by: Radio HRN

Climate experts say El Niño will intensify between October and November, offering little relief to Honduras's drought-stricken dry corridor, where farmers report near-total crop losses and warn the crisis will drag on for decades without adaptation measures.

Taekwondo athlete Derek Midence reached the final in the -54 kg category at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, locking up at least a silver medal—Honduras's first of the competition.

Olimpia won the first Honduras Supercopa on July 23, beating Motagua 1–0 and collecting $40,000 (L1.071 million) in prize money to fund its campaign.

An elderly man died after a car struck him as he crossed the Anillo Periférico in Tegucigalpa on Sunday, July 26, between the Divino Paraíso and Cantarero López neighborhoods.

Police in Cortés identified a suspect accused of fueling vehicles and driving away without paying at several gas stations in San Pedro Sula and Villanueva, with security footage capturing the latest incident.

Moisés Girón was fatally shot in front of his house in the Ramón Amaya Amador neighborhood of Comayagüela; police are investigating the killing.

The country's agricultural marketing institute says Honduras is holding 120,000 quintals (about 5,400 metric tons) of beans in reserve and has ruled out imports for now, citing ample stocks and new harvests due within 45 days from several regions despite the continuing dry spell.

Honduras's banking commission (CNBS) is drafting rules for cryptocurrency and virtual-asset firms through changes to the anti-money-laundering law, aiming to meet international standards before an August evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force and to curb illicit fund flows.

The Tegucigalpa city government has banned left turns from El Manchén toward Casamata after traffic studies found the maneuver clogged the busy intersection and raised the risk of accidents.

Tegucigalpa may stretch its water rationing cycle from seven to nine days starting August 1, with the Los Laureles and La Concepción reservoirs at 40% and 33% capacity and supplies expected to last only until August 22.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

The Infrastructure Ministry will upgrade 16.15 kilometers of Route N-83 between La ENA and El Aguacate in Olancho, adding asphalt paving, wider lanes, drainage culverts, and lined ditches to benefit more than 170,000 residents.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry surveyed impoverished municipalities in southern Francisco Morazán, El Paraíso, and Choluteca to map out investment for a full rebuild of National Route 89, a strategic highway neglected for more than five decades.

The body of Mauricio Colindres, 22, was found in Olancho on July 26, two days after a fishing boat carrying five young men capsized in heavy rain and wind at the Patuca III reservoir; three survived, and a second victim was also recovered.

Also reported by: HCH, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Óscar Rafael Amador, a respected teacher in Guayape, Olancho, was shot dead Sunday; police are investigating but have named no suspects or motive.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, HCH, Once Noticias

Honduras logged more than 9,000 traffic accidents through July 25, killing 1,150 people and injuring 1,891, with motorcyclists involved in 41% of all crashes amid a growing motorcycle fleet and reckless driving, the National Road and Transport Authority said.

An analysis by Honduras's National Violence Observatory found that 13 municipalities across 16 departments recorded zero or minimal homicides over the past decade (2016–2025), with Mercedes de Oriente in La Paz reporting no murders at all in those ten years.

A 31-year-old man was arrested in San Pedro Sula after a woman reported that her ex-partner, allegedly drunk, tried to sexually assault her granddaughter at their home.