Thursday, September 17, 2026 — Evening Edition

At least two Hondurans legally protected from deportation to Honduras were flown to Liberia in August under a Trump administration policy that lets the US expel migrants to third countries, separating them from their families in the United States.

Cohep, Honduras's main business confederation, is drafting a revised bill on hourly employment to send to Congress, aiming to fix gaps in earlier labor legislation and spur job creation.

Honduras's national university pointed to four structural failures—dependence on remittances, labor informality, low-value exports, and fiscal weakness—and laid out six reform pillars to transform the economy and cut poverty, which remains stuck at 60% of the population.

Only four of Banasupro's 100 distribution points carry eggs at the agreed price of L95 per carton, two weeks after the government promised a nationwide rollout, while market prices hold at L120–150.

Honduras's proposed 2027 budget of L455.4 billion would rise L11 billion over 2026, but an analyst notes that only 57% of this year's budget has been spent with 71% of the year gone.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $96.4 million in its September 16 currency sale, setting a weighted average exchange rate of L26.8805 per dollar for September 17.

More than 30 Honduran companies and institutions are meeting with Louisiana business leaders, investors, and officials through September 18 to pursue commercial deals and investment across agriculture, textiles, technology, energy, and other sectors.

Honduras's banking regulator released its 2026 Financial Inclusion Report, pointing to growth in point-of-sale card readers and ATMs as key drivers of broader access to financial services nationwide.

The head of Honduras's grain producers association is urging Congress to lift the 15% tax on grain drying, citing a sharp rise in production costs and the toll on more than a million quintals (about 45,000 metric tons) ahead of the September harvest.

The state power utility ENEE set maintenance outages lasting more than six hours on September 17 across several municipalities in Santa Bárbara, Cortés, and San Pedro Sula, with specific neighborhoods and times listed.

Honduras's judiciary is rolling out a nationwide training program for judges on domestic-violence law and an information fair on November 27 to help women report abuse, part of a coordinated push to strengthen enforcement and curb domestic violence.

The Instituto Primero de Mayo in San Pedro Sula will shift starting in 2027 to a mainly technical school, adding programs in automotive mechanics, refrigeration, and metal fabrication to meet the industrial sector's workforce needs.

A tropical wave reaching Honduras on Friday, September 18, will bring heavy rain nationwide through the weekend, with central and southern regions expecting up to 80 millimeters (about 3 inches) that could help ease Tegucigalpa's water shortage.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

Víctor Ortega, a meteorologist at Honduras's national emergency agency COPECO, said the rain expected in the coming months will fall short of replenishing the country's reservoirs, and warned the public to brace for continued water rationing.

The Paseo de los Girasoles in Copán Ruinas, which began in 2020 as a drought-relief feed crop, has grown into an ecotourism attraction with staggered plantings for year-round blooms, visitor services, and a honey project.

Honduran forward Luis Palma plays his first Europa League match as Lech Poznań visits Crystal Palace in London on September 17.

Three sisters aged 4, 13, and 16 left Alabama after eight years to rejoin their mother, Iris Flores, in Honduras; Flores was arrested in June on an alleged identity-fraud charge and later chose voluntary deportation.

Authorities arrested a woman known as "La Wendy" in Santa Rosa de Copán and seized 18 packets of crack and nine of cocaine, tying her to small-scale drug dealing in the neighborhood.

A Honduran court sentenced Mauricio Cárcamo León, Isaías Gómez García, and Pedro Edil Carías González to five years in prison for criminal association as members of the 'El Mango' gang, which was dismantled in February 2025 and included former police officers.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)