Wednesday, August 12, 2026

At CC Fest 2026 in Tegucigalpa, reformers debated changes such as staffing polling stations with citizens rather than party appointees and banning reelection at every level, against surveys showing 64% of Hondurans believe past elections were tainted by fraud and 80% want reform.

The rector of Honduras's National Agricultural University fired the administrative manager who had refused to approve hiring his brother-in-law to oversee a L400 million construction project, citing legal concerns about conflicts of interest.

Former Attorney General Johel Zelaya said the Constitutional Court unanimously agreed to hear his challenge to his impeachment by Congress, and that he will take the case to international human-rights bodies, including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, if he loses at home.

Honduras's two-month vehicle amnesty, which waives penalties and interest on registration debt from 2025 or earlier, ends August 25, letting owners clear arrears or arrange payment plans of up to 12 months with no added fines.

To ease drought-driven price pressure, the government is releasing 120,000 quintals (about 5,400 metric tons) of beans from state reserves at L18 per pound (about $0.72) through Banasupro, capped at 25 pounds per person.

Roatán's municipal government is running a free dental clinic from August 10–14, staffed by more than 20 dentists from Mexico, the United States, and Honduras, offering extractions, cleanings, sealants, and preventive care to an estimated 1,500 residents.

Two years after a 2024 decree banned mining in protected areas and ordered restoration of the core zone of Carlos Escaleras National Park, Honduras has neither enforced the law nor funded the removal of mining infrastructure, and local officials warn a new agroindustrial law could weaken protections.

A teacher in Cortés who publicly accused an education official of sexual harassment has been sued for defamation and slander after the department said she failed to back her claim with evidence through its administrative process.

Congress approved a motion on July 28 requesting information from the Public Ministry and police on complaints of sexual assault, harassment, and rape of minors in Honduran schools, citing multiple cases under investigation in 2026.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three Atlantic systems, including a low-pressure zone southwest of Cape Verde with a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone within seven days, though it poses no immediate threat to Honduras.

A tropical wave and heavy Sahara dust will bring weak-to-moderate rain and lightning across Honduras from August 10–16, with dust peaking Monday and easing through the week.

CD Choloma has signed Indian central defender Abneet Bharti, who arrived Monday from Bolivia's first division and plays for India's national team, an unusual foray into Asian markets for Honduras's Liga Nacional.

Midfielder Cristian Sacaza has joined Juticalpa FC on a one-year loan from Marathón after a contract dispute over housing payments, with Marathón maintaining it provided a monthly stipend rather than direct housing.

Police in El Salvador arrested a 49-year-old Nicaraguan woman on a Honduran smuggling warrant and handed her over to Honduras's Interpol unit, which will bring her before courts in Tegucigalpa.

Police arrested two of three suspects on motorcycles who robbed a woman in the Lomas del Mayab neighborhood of Tegucigalpa; the third remains at large.

Denilson Eliu Gómez died at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital after being shot in an armed attack in La Flecha, Santa Bárbara.

A congressman from Partido Libre introduced a bill to create a law recognizing, protecting, and safeguarding the dignity of Honduras's LGTBIQ+ population.

Also reported by: La Prensa

A Liberal congressman from Yoro has introduced a bill to set up a permanent climate-resilience fund for Honduras's farm and livestock sector, meant to pay for water infrastructure, emergency response, and productivity support as prolonged drought and extreme weather batter rural areas.

Congress will weigh competing plans to split the state power utility into separate generation, transmission, and distribution units, with the Liberal Party and the government at odds over asset ownership, debt responsibility, and long-term contracts.

More than half of the Liberal Party's members of Congress oppose the energy-sector reforms championed by their legislative leader, Jorge Cálix, arguing the proposal lacks public support and needs closer scrutiny.

The consumer-protection group Fundación Artículo 19 pegs the monthly basic food basket for a family of five at more than L16,000 (about $640), well above the government's figure of roughly L8,600.

Honduras's currency weakened to near L27 per dollar as of early August, prompting economists to warn of pressure on import prices while the Central Bank calls the decline moderate and driven by normal supply and demand.

Honduras has paid about L10 million (roughly $400,000) to private hospitals for 154 surgeries and procedures under an emergency health decree meant to clear public-hospital surgical backlogs, at an average of L63,783 per case, though lawmakers question whether the prices are inflated.

Nasser Hilsaca, who died August 8 at Hospital General Atlántida in La Ceiba, had complained of inhumane treatment and neglect before his death, but three days later no formal investigation has opened, and the Regional Human Rights Office says it received no formal complaint.

Congress's Health Commission will visit public hospitals to track how a six-month-old emergency health decree is being carried out, working with the Health Ministry, the national university, and the social-security institute to create new medical-specialty training slots and review physician scholarship rates.

A pediatrician says 'culucos'—clumps of fine newborn hair matted with breast milk on a baby's back—are a cultural myth with no link to crying or colic, and warns that trying to remove them by hand or with harsh substances risks skin injury and infection.

San Pedro Sula produces 80 million cubic meters of water a year, drawing 65% from aquifers as surface sources dwindle, and waste and unmetered consumption threaten the city's long-term supply.

Content creator Davis Flow signed with Platense to play in Honduras's top professional soccer league, saying he is ready to compete and brushing off critics who doubt that social-media personalities belong in Liga Nacional.

Goalkeeper and captain Édrick Menjívar, forwards Michaell Chirinos and Yustin Arboleda, and Jorge Benguché and Edwin Rodríguez all have Olimpia contracts that expire in December 2026, leaving the club's leadership with key renewal decisions.

Julio César Bonilla Almendares, 28, was found shot several times on a road in La Paz, and authorities discovered a note at the scene warning against involvement with married women, though they have not confirmed a link to the motive.

A prison officer died when a police vehicle carrying a detainee from La Ceiba back to Olanchito prison collided with a cargo truck near Agua Caliente in Yoro's Olanchito municipality.

A man accused of stealing a cellphone was seized by residents in downtown El Progreso, Yoro, on August 11 and beaten before police arrived and took him into custody.