Sunday, August 23, 2026

Congress passed a temporary reform letting former employees of certain government programs settle outstanding wage claims with the state, with payments spread over as long as 18 months if budgets allow.

Also reported by: HCH

The Economic Development Ministry has digitized eight administrative processes to cut processing times, costs, and red tape, among them temporary-import registration, consumer complaints, and cement-trader licensing.

A severe water shortage has gripped Tegucigalpa, with tanker trucks waiting two to three hours at wells to fill up and authorities capping deliveries at two trips a day, leaving many neighborhoods short.

Honduras's disaster agency, Copeco, has begun handing out food packages worth 4,000 lempiras (about $160) each, along with medicines, in drought-stricken municipalities in Choluteca and El Paraíso, backed by a 300-million-lempira (about $12 million) budget, with cash transfers planned for up to 15 of the 75 municipalities identified as hardest hit.

Ten months of severe drought have wiped out crops and livestock for 2,700 families in Apacilgua, yet the Agriculture Ministry calls the crisis a structural problem rather than an emergency demanding immediate aid.

The mayor of San Miguelito in Francisco Morazán says severe drought has destroyed every crop and forced farmers to sell cattle at half their usual price, with no rain since May and water sources running dry.

At least 80% of Honduras's municipalities are under some level of drought alert, with those in the south hardest hit, according to a data analysis by Consulting HNL.

Director William Reyes's film 'EVA,' which opened in Honduran theaters on August 13, follows a trans mother and son seeking reconciliation after tragedy and has drawn notice for an unusual rating change from +16 to +18 soon after release.

Genesis FC coach Fernando Mira said Honduran content creator Brayan La Playa, who joined the team this week, has the ability to play but must earn a starting spot like anyone else, with no guarantees from his social-media fame.

Defenders Andy Najar and Bryan Acosta are flourishing in Major League Soccer after taking criticism at home; Najar earned a spot in the MLS All-Star Game, and both say they are proud to represent Honduras and the Latino community at that level.

Honduras's migration authority reported that more than 30,000 Hondurans have been deported from the US, Mexico, and Guatemala through August 20, 2026, and warned that ending Temporary Protected Status for 55,000 Hondurans could trigger mass deportations and threaten the $10 billion in remittances the country receives each year.

Two Hondurans, ages 17 and 21, were arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 15–16, along with a Nicaraguan and a Cuban, in the July 16 killing of an 18-year-old Nicaraguan man; all four are jailed pending trial and face immigration proceedings.

Two children found a pistol in the Rioblanco area of Catacamas, Olancho, while walking home from school when the 10-year-old accidentally fired it, killing his 8-year-old brother.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Walter Peña, whose daughter Angie vanished in Roatán in January 2022, says he has received written threats demanding he stop giving interviews and pursuing the case, but he refuses to be silenced and believes she is still alive.

Garífuna community leaders filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office against journalist Amílcar Ulises Aguirre Ramírez over racist and discriminatory remarks about the Garífuna people, alleging a pattern of hate speech and warning of broader media campaigns targeting Indigenous identity.

Also reported by: El Libertador

Honduras logged 235 alerts of attacks on journalists, communicators, and human rights defenders in 2024–2025, with a 19.6% jump in 2025 during the election period, and C-Libre documented 11 murders, an 86.6% impunity rate, and state actors behind more than half of all incidents.

Libre's Rixi Moncada is pressing the Public Ministry to investigate Argentine consultant Fernando Cerimedo, a former adviser to Nasry Asfura, over audio recordings that allegedly expose a scheme to rig the 2025 elections.

The Public Ministry has reopened a complaint filed by former President Manuel Zelaya against two retired military officers who in 2018 branded the so-called Comandos Insurreccionales de Libre as terrorist organizations during the crisis that followed the 2017 elections.

Electricity regulator Héctor Corrales urged Congress to pass proposed power-sector reforms that would open contracts to competitive bidding, calling them essential to lower and stabilize rates, though the bill has stalled amid Liberal Party opposition.

Investors in HLV, a digital investment platform based in Copán, say they can't access their money after the platform went offline, and an economist warns the case resembles earlier Ponzi schemes that have defrauded Hondurans.

Vendors at Tegucigalpa's Feria del Agricultor and other markets report rising wholesale costs for chicken and beef, thinning crowds as families cut back, and some store closures caused by shortages of beef and eggs.

Fernando García, president of the National Association of Industrialists (ANDI), says Honduras should reopen trade with Taiwan, arguing that the cooperation promised by mainland China has failed to materialize.

Honduras's chamber of commerce says the Partial Employment Law is vaguely worded and full of legal gaps that keep businesses from using it, noting just 70 contracts registered under the law and calling for clearer legislation to create jobs.

Gerson Aparicio, 25, died when he fell beneath a tractor during paving work on the highway between Tegucigalpa and Lepaterique in Francisco Morazán.

Farmers in Sabanagrande, Francisco Morazán, are adopting hydroponic farming to keep up food production and cope with water shortages driven by a changing climate.

A tropical wave dumped heavy rain and flooding on Tocoa, Colón, and unleashed strong winds that damaged property in Namasigüe, Choluteca, on August 22.

A severe drought across 75 municipalities in Honduras is driving up water costs, sending children to hospitals with illnesses tied to poor sanitation, endangering food security for 2.2 million people, and threatening to push schools into virtual classes.

Honduran striker José Mario Pinto scored his first goal for Costa Rican club Sporting San José in the 53rd minute against defending champion Herediano, curling in a right-footed shot after beating fellow Honduran Getsel Montes down the left flank.

Choloma beat Platense 2–0 on Matchday 4 of the Liga Nacional, with striker Ángel Villatoro scoring twice to earn the team its first three points of the Apertura tournament.

Police arrested Jeremías Ávila Dilbert, 30, in La Ceiba in connection with the August 17 shooting death of lawyer Dereck McNeil in Roatán, and authorities say the investigation continues as they work to identify other suspects.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Once Noticias, Radio América

Anti-extortion authorities arrested four men accused of belonging to the Los Argueta criminal organization in Omoa, Cortés, including one suspected of taking part in an attack that killed five police officers near Corinto.