Thursday, September 10, 2026

Indigenous, Garífuna, and peasant leaders protested at the National Agrarian Institute in Tegucigalpa, demanding a halt to forced evictions under the 2026 Agro-Industrial Law, an end to the criminalization of land-rights defenders, and the removal of the INA director.

Congress's administrative office shelved a citizen petition to impeach members of Congress, ruling that it fell short of the required minimum number of signatures.

Opposition leader Salvador Nasralla declared his candidacy for president of the Liberal Party's Central Executive Council, casting the race as a stepping stone toward a run for the presidency in 2030.

Also reported by: HCH, Once Noticias

President Nasry Asfura appealed to physicians not to suspend patient care amid protests over unpaid salaries, saying the government has paid more than 73% of agreed compensation as of July 31 and announcing 46 new specialist positions.

Ocotepeque farmers asked agricultural authorities to regulate potato and onion sales to curb illegal imports that undercut domestic prices; the Agriculture Ministry is drafting new rules and plans to provide fertilizer support.

Also reported by: HCH

ENEE's 400-megawatt diesel-lease contract, signed under former management, forces the state utility to buy fuel at over $100 per barrel, pushing generation costs above 45 cents per kilowatt-hour and triggering rolling blackouts that a partial rate freeze cannot offset.

Finance Minister Emilio Hernández Hércules and Central Bank President Roberto Lagos are heading to Washington to push forward Honduras's sixth IMF program review and pursue new Millennium Account funding, citing favorable macroeconomic indicators and reduced economic risk.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Business leaders in Atlántida are calling for urgent repairs to the CA-13 highway and other regional roads before the Morazán holiday week, arguing that poor infrastructure hurts the area's appeal to tourists and that a promised tourism-corridor project is needed to reverse decades of neglect.

Dr. Juan Carlos Argueta was removed Wednesday as director of San Pedro Sula's Mario Rivas Hospital, six months into his second stint in the role; staff cited internal conflicts over administrative decisions and staffing changes.

Honduras and the UN World Food Programme agreed to coordinate action against El Niño-driven drought in 103 municipalities under red alert, including cash transfers, expanded school meals for more than one million children, and direct support to smallholder farmers.

Carlos Mejía, a Honduran fashion designer known for his work on beauty pageants and television, died on September 8; no cause has been disclosed.

Jhon Jairo López, a Colombian coach who has led six previous clubs in Honduras's Liga Nacional, takes over Juticalpa FC, which currently sits second from bottom.

Honduras's football federation dismissed coach Orlando López weeks after the U-20 team failed to qualify for the World Cup and the Los Angeles Olympics, as the federation moves toward a unified coaching philosophy across all national-team levels.

Videos from the funeral of a drug lord killed by the Army alongside his wife showed armed attendees firing weapons; the president posted on social media identifying those in the footage as criminals seeking to intimidate the public.

Honduras recorded at least 193 femicides in the first nine months of 2026, a crisis that women's rights defender Honorina Rodríguez blames partly on inadequate police investigative capacity, calling for stronger institutional funding to prevent and prosecute gender violence.

Marcos Tulio Mejía Urrutia, 28, was arrested in Atima on a warrant issued September 3 for the murder of Yester Melgar Vega.

Suspected gang members sent a package containing a mobile phone and live ammunition to taxi drivers at a stand in Barrio El Bosque, Tegucigalpa, demanding an extortion payment and prompting drivers to suspend service.

A Tegucigalpa court accepted an appeal by retired General Roosevelt Hernández's defense against an indictment order issued at a September 1 hearing; his lawyers want it reversed and the charges dismissed, which allege incitement to discrimination and violations of fundamental rights tied to press freedom.

Five small parties—Anticorrupción, ORDEN, Liberación Democrática de Honduras, Alianza Patriótica, and Vamos Honduras—petitioned Congress's Electoral Affairs Commission to restore their right to run in elections and hold seats on vote-counting boards.

Honduras projects that its 2026–2027 coffee harvest, which begins in October, could top 7.5 million sacks and bring in more than $2.4 billion in export revenue if the weather holds and international prices stay above $300 per unit.

Honduras is splitting ENEE's generation, transmission, and distribution into separate state-owned companies and creating an independent system and market operator, following reforms other Central American nations completed 20 to 25 years ago.

Honduran banana exports remain stuck at around $20 million as fertilizer costs soar 300 percent, driving many farmers to sell their land and quit the business, industry leaders warn.

ENEE will shut off power on September 10 for maintenance in Choloma (Cortés), Tela (Atlántida), several municipalities in Copán, and Naranjito and Santa Rosa (Santa Bárbara), with outages of four to six hours in each area.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Tegucigalpa's two main reservoirs—Los Laureles at 28.64 percent and La Concepción at 26.24 percent of capacity—remain critically low, with recent light rain too little to replenish supplies and authorities warning conditions could worsen after mid-September without steady rainfall.

Also reported by: El Heraldo

A public bus lost its brakes on the eastern highway near Uyuca on September 8, killing one construction worker and injuring at least two others, including a passenger.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Honduras's leading public hospital is running elective surgery at half capacity because of nationwide assemblies by the Medical College, affecting cancer patients and scheduled procedures as the government and physicians negotiate over delayed payments.

Military skydiver Ever David Maldonado, injured during Honduras's September 2025 independence-day celebration, is taking assisted steps in braces nearly a year after spinal fractures that required surgery and rehabilitation in Houston.

A prolonged drought in Honduras's Dry Corridor has left more than 68,000 families facing food insecurity after crop failures and lost farm income, with COPECO warning the number could climb if the dry spell continues.

Honduras's women's handball team reached the gold-medal final of the XXII Central American Student Sports Games (CODICADER 2026) for the first time, beating Guatemala 27–19 to stay undefeated in the tournament.

Midfielder Kervin Arriaga came on in the 90th minute as AEK Athens beat Austria's LASK 1-0 in its opening match of the UEFA Champions League league phase, his debut in Europe's top club competition.

Honduras has launched a program to send 3,000 young Hondurans to Huelva, Spain, for seasonal citrus and fruit harvest work, with a pre-recruitment tour of 17 municipalities beginning this week.

Also reported by: HCH

Iván Velásquez, manager of the investment firm Koriun, remains held at Támara prison while his lawyers argue he is no flight risk and is in danger, asking a court to place him under house arrest.

In a video recorded before his murder, Dereck McNeil, a key witness in the four-year-old disappearance of Angie Peña, named five Atic criminal investigators and alleged they tried to manipulate the investigation.