Friday, September 11, 2026

Miguel Aguilar, president of the STENEE electrical workers' union, says Hondurans are worn down by rolling blackouts caused by drought, low reservoirs, and diesel shortages, and he is pressing the government for lasting solutions—including more than 1,800 megawatts of new generating capacity, not the 600 megawatts it announced.

President Nasry Asfura confirmed that final engineering studies are underway for a paved road connecting the Honduras neighborhood and the farming areas of El Aguacate, La Puerta, and Azacualpa to the CA-5 South highway, giving produce farmers who supply Tegucigalpa better access to market.

President Nasry Asfura announced plans to expand and modernize Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport and to carry out major river-dredging and levee work to curb flooding in San Pedro Sula.

The two largest reservoirs serving Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela have dropped to 27.96% and 25.93% capacity, nearing a critical level, and water will now be delivered only every 12 days despite recent rains.

A 3-year-old died after choking, apparently on a mamón, a small tropical fruit, during a Children's Day celebration in Tegucigalpa's Hato de Enmedio neighborhood; efforts to revive the child failed.

The Health Ministry announced Honduras's first imported chikungunya case and will step up surveillance at border crossings—particularly with Nicaragua, where the virus is already circulating—to head off community transmission.

More than 1 million Honduran children aged 5 to 17 are working on Children's Day, September 10, instead of celebrating, with 549,000 in hazardous conditions, according to the child-protection group Coiproden.

Tegucigalpa will hold the second edition of TRESOrígenes on September 12, a free event celebrating the cultures of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala through music, food, and local entrepreneurship at Plaza del Monumento de La Paz.

The historic Catholic church in El Corpus, Choluteca, is riddled with severe cracks, moisture damage, and seepage; residents fear the 400-year-old structure could collapse and report water flowing beneath it, feeding local legends of underground tunnels.

Motagua's Liga Nacional match against Génesis, first set for Tegucigalpa's national stadium, has been moved to Comayagua on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. because authorities are using the stadium for Independence Day ceremonies on September 15.

Honduran club Marathón drew 2-2 with Costa Rica's Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on September 10 in the first leg of the Central American Cup quarterfinals, clouding its path to the semifinals.

Honduran runner Anyely Carías Leiva, of Sonaguera, won silver in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the 2026 Central American Student Games (CODICADER) in Tegucigalpa, helping Honduras to fifth place overall with 77 medals.

The National Migration Institute will revive a L2,500-per-person payment for returned migrants starting in October, retroactive to January 27 and covering 32,704 Hondurans registered as returning this year—down from the initial $100 benefit offered early in the deportations.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Analysts say Honduras's failure to win a TPS extension for its 55,000 beneficiaries—unlike El Salvador, which kept more than 170,000 protected—reflects weak diplomacy and a reliance on formal letters rather than high-level talks with the Trump administration.

Honduras's National Migration Institute has opened a pre-clearance office in San Pedro Sula where parents can have children's travel documents checked before departure, to prevent border delays caused by missing or incorrect paperwork.

The joint Armed Forces task force Xatruch arrested a man known as "El Niño" in the Las Palmas neighborhood of Sabá, Colón, seizing more than 40 aluminum packets of suspected crack cocaine and a tablet in an operation targeting local drug sales.

Military police arrested a suspected Pandilla 18 member and seized guns, drugs, and tactical gear—including a vest bearing police insignia—in simultaneous raids in El Progreso and nearby communities.

Gang members evicted about 15 families in Villa Nueva, a Tegucigalpa neighborhood, on September 8, with police arriving only to oversee the forced displacement; a criminologist says the case reflects a sharp deterioration in public safety, with homicides through early September running nearly even with last year.

The Francisco Morazán Appeals Court is weighing a defense motion while the preliminary hearing for Roosevelt Hernández, the former head of Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff, stays on hold; Hernández is charged with publicly attacking journalists in 2025.

ENEE manager Guillermo Peña Panting says steadying the power supply is the immediate priority as the utility grapples with infrastructure weakness that could stretch through 2026 and into next summer, even as the newly approved electricity-sector reform gets under way.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), El Heraldo, Once Noticias

The Honduran private-sector council, Cohep, is pressing for the 2027 national budget of roughly 457 billion lempiras to favor productive investment and job creation over current spending, citing concerns about weak public-investment spending.

Honduras must strengthen transparency, anti-corruption controls, and institutional oversight to qualify again for the US-backed Millennium Challenge Account, a governance expert said, pointing to recent reforms in energy and beneficial-ownership disclosure as progress.

The Central Bank of Honduras said August's core inflation reflects its monetary-policy stance to cushion fuel-price swings and the effects of El Niño, citing international uncertainty from the US–Iran conflict that has pushed up global fuel costs since late February.

Honduras's banks will close their branches on September 15 for Independence Day, but customers can still bank through digital channels and other services, the banking association said.

The Honduran Institute of Tourism and the Tomalá municipality are teaming up to upgrade El Cerrito, a scenic overlook in the Lempira municipality, with new trails, a second elevated level, perimeter walls, lighting, cultural murals, and a café to draw tourists and spur the local economy.

Port Vale said Honduran forward Keyrol Figueroa, 20, has been called up to the national team for the Concacaf Nations League international break, leaving him unavailable for the English club's upcoming League Two fixtures.

Olimpia beat Firpo in a Central American Cup match, with Jorge Álvarez and Yustin Arboleda scoring the goals.

Honduras took two gold medals at the Central American student sports games in Tegucigalpa: the softball team rallied to beat Panama 18–12, and José Eduardo Gómez won the men's individual table-tennis title.

Former presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla called on President Asfura to negotiate with Canada and Spain to place Honduran workers who lost US temporary protected status, citing their skills in construction and other sectors.

A man identified as Francisco Georch Cruz was shot by armed gunmen on a motorcycle in the Valle de Sula neighborhood of San Pedro Sula and is hospitalized in critical condition; police are hunting for the attackers.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Brothers Lito and Miguel Cuestas were shot dead on September 7 in Santa Rita, Copán, after recently returning from the US to launch a vehicle-sales business; security footage captured the attack, and relatives have publicly named suspects.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Diez

Sara Romero was killed in the Las Tablas community of Catacamas, Olancho, after men took her from her home, where she was with her children; authorities are investigating.