Wednesday, July 29, 2026 — Evening Edition

A poll shows 55.3% of Hondurans disapprove of President Trump's pardon of former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in New York in 2024 on drug-trafficking and weapons charges and returned to Honduras on July 26.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's National Institute of Statistics will begin its National Population and Housing Census on August 10 in the Bay Islands, where a municipal committee has been formed to coordinate with local institutions and encourage public participation.

The Central Bank of Honduras sold $117.6 million at its foreign-exchange auction on July 28, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7902 per US dollar for July 29.

Honduras has spent about 950 million lempiras ($38 million) on fuel and electricity subsidies through mid-2026, overshooting the original budget and prompting officials to consider limiting the benefit to lower-income families.

The state power utility is losing L40 million a day (about $1.6 million) as Congress stalls on an energy-law overhaul that officials say is needed to improve efficiency, attract investment, and curb the company's mounting debt.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Congressman Hugo Noé Pino of the Libre party warned that the El Niño drought's damage to food production will push inflation above 5% in the second half of 2026, and called for contingency plans to protect food security in the hardest-hit regions.

The Honduran Institute of Transport will offer heavy-equipment driver certification classes on Roatán next weekend, letting tourism and transport workers get licensed without traveling to the mainland at an estimated cost of L30,000–L35,000 (about $1,200–$1,400) for travel and lodging.

Public hospitals across Honduras are canceling scheduled surgeries amid shortages of essential anesthetics such as midazolam, fentanilo, and propofol, five months after Congress approved a health emergency and a 500-million-lempira (about $20 million) trust fund to clear the surgical backlog.

The Honduran Foundation for Children with Cancer plans to build a pediatric oncology clinic at the Southern Hospital in Choluteca, with backing from Congress, so children in the southern region can be treated without traveling to Tegucigalpa.

Honduras has recorded 6,218 dengue cases nationwide through epidemiological week 29 in late July, according to the Health Ministry's surveillance unit.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warns that 150,839 farm households—mostly in drought-stricken areas including Santa Bárbara, Choluteca, and Lempira, plus flood-prone Cortés—will need emergency aid this year because of droughts, floods, lost crops, and livestock disease.

The US Department of Agriculture will provide $40 million over six years to bolster Honduras's national school-feeding program, reaching about 96,000 children in 2,000 public schools in remote parts of La Paz and Intibucá departments.

Congress unanimously approved a motion requiring the Public Prosecutor's office and police to report to lawmakers on how they handle complaints of sexual assault, rape, and harassment of children in schools, citing numerous reports of abuse.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's weather authority warns that the rain expected in August will not be enough to restore the soil moisture farmers need for planting, especially in vulnerable regions.

A prolonged drought in Soledad, El Paraíso, has destroyed crops twice since April, leaving 4,000 to 5,000 residents at risk of hunger and prompting the mayor to seek emergency humanitarian aid.

Cenaos says a tropical wave and Pacific moisture will bring scattered light showers to southern and southwestern Honduras on Tuesday, July 28, while the north, center, and the departments of Olancho and Colón may see brief showers by late afternoon, with the dry season's canícula keeping all rainfall weak and intermittent.

Honduras's under-20 team plays Canada on July 29 in Puebla, needing at least a draw to stay alive in the Concacaf Premundial after a 2–1 loss to Jamaica in its opener.

Olimpia pushed its season opener against Lobos UPNFM from August 1 to August 2 at 7:30 p.m. because the José de la Paz Herrera stadium was booked for a Honduras TikTokers exhibition match.

A court in San Pedro Sula convicted José Francisco Estrada Rodríguez of the serious negligent injury of two women, Rosana Mejia and Ashlin de los Ángeles Ferrera Castillo, with sentencing set for August 12.

Six severely burned victims of a fire in Esquipulas, San Pedro Sula, that killed a family of seven are undergoing forensic identification at the morgue, with authorities warning the process will be slow given the extent of the burns and the need for dental records and possibly DNA testing.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Once Noticias, HCH, Radio América Honduras

A National Court judge suspended fast-track proceedings against Gloria Judith Hernández Zelaya after she retracted her statement in court in a case involving organized crime, environmental, and corruption charges.

The Attorney General's Office and its financial crimes unit arrested a member of a Colombian-Venezuelan ATM-fraud network in San Pedro Sula and seized 500,000 lempiras (about $20,000) in cash.