Thursday, September 10, 2026 — Evening Edition

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.