Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — Morning Edition

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.