Wednesday, August 26, 2026 — Morning Edition

Roberto Contreras, president of the Liberal Party's executive council, called rival Salvador Nasralla a "factory of failures" who will never be president and warned that internal divisions could keep the party out of power for 20 years.

Lawmakers are intensifying negotiations to break a months-long deadlock over reforms to Honduras's electric power system, aiming to bring the bill to a final vote this week after folding in opposition demands to protect state assets and lower consumer costs.

Members of the governing National Party occupied the municipal meat-processing company Promdeca in Tegucigalpa on August 24, demanding jobs for party loyalists and calling for the removal of staff tied to the previous Libre administration.

Former Planning Minister Ricardo Salgado's ministry spent L22.9 million (about $920,000) on vehicle rentals over three years, with spending jumping to L16.1 million in the 2025 election year—roughly five times the 2024 figure.

President Nasry Asfura announced government funding for special geomembranes to boost water-reservoir storage in municipalities and expanded food aid to 60,000–84,000 drought-hit families, with school meals reaching 115,000 students.

The Honduran lempira has slipped to 26.98 per dollar, and economist Dante Mossi warns it could break the 27-lempira mark by late September or early October, potentially raising prices for imported goods including fuel.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Honduras has won preliminary access to $40 million in grants and loans from the Green Climate Fund to confront a severe drought hitting 75 municipalities, but bureaucratic delays and a lack of government coordination have kept the money from being deployed.

The Finance Ministry reported that Honduras has spent more than 50% of its 2026 budget and transferred over L8.4 billion (about $340 million) to municipalities, though officials acknowledged the pace remains below target eight months into the year.

About 670,000 Honduran households receive remittances from abroad, and 45% rely on them as their main income; 80% of that money goes to daily spending rather than savings or investment, according to central bank data cited by a social-justice think tank.

Southern Honduras's shrimp industry faces mortality of more than 30% and potential losses of at least $25 million from severe drought and below-normal rainfall, with 8,000–9,000 jobs at risk over the next six to eight months.

Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council, criticized the government's handling of a drought hitting dozens of Honduran municipalities, calling it "political negligence" and warning that state efforts fall short of a structural crisis.

Students at Instituto Gubernamental San Pablo are rehearsing bands, baton twirlers, and pom-pom squads—18 and 13 performers respectively—for Honduras's September 15 Independence Day parade marking the nation's 205th anniversary.

Olimpia says two premium sections of Tegucigalpa's National Stadium have sold out ahead of Thursday's Central American Cup Group C match against Costa Rican power Saprissa, with both teams tied on nine points and battling for first place.

International referee Saíd Martínez explained his red card to Real España defender Daniel Aparicio for insulting him and defended using VAR to disallow a goal by Devron García, saying the video review was needed to catch a handball.

A security guard in San Pedro Sula was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge found sufficient evidence that he contacted a 12-year-old girl on WhatsApp and sexually abused her; preliminary hearings are set for November 4.

A judge ordered two brothers, Denis Josué and Junior Joel Puerto Ramos, held pending trial in the May murder and burning of three men in El Cimarrón, with an initial hearing set for August 27; four suspects are now in the case.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio América, Policía Nacional de Honduras

Antonio Herrera, 14, was found dead by relatives inside his home in Tegucigalpa's Centroamérica Oeste neighborhood, and authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.