Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Congress President Tomás Zambrano has directed the Labor Committee to speed up its review of the Part-Time Employment Law, passed in March, to address concerns from employers and workers and ensure the law actually creates jobs for young people.

Dozens of Honduran migrants trying to cross into Guatemala at Corinto were warned by US authorities not to risk the dangerous journey to the United States.

Honduras's congressional Food Security Commission met with the FAO and Spain's international development agency to review a family-farming proposal aimed at easing food insecurity and helping small farmers become government suppliers.

Congresswoman Merary Díaz has introduced a proposal to give tax incentives to developers who build free parking facilities in the capital, easing a parking shortage.

A congressman from Olancho has proposed setting up a tourism information and welcome center in Campamento to promote the department's cultural, natural, and economic attractions and boost local jobs and entrepreneurship.

The Supreme Court's full bench approved a plan to regularize interim judicial posts, requiring current officeholders to undergo a review of judicial-career requirements and an internal competitive selection to determine who qualifies to remain.

About 350 census takers and supervisors in Atlántida protested at the regional governor's office on September 21, demanding full pay for their August–September work and a new formal contract after the INE failed to pay them and their original contract expired.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $88.6 million in foreign exchange on September 21, setting the official rate at L26.8862 per dollar for September 22.

The Labor Ministry will hold a recruitment event on Friday, September 25, at the Government Civic Center in Tegucigalpa for a delivery-driver position requiring a heavy-truck license, primary education, and experience in consumer-goods distribution.

The Los Laureles reservoir serving Tegucigalpa rose 1.22 percentage points to 25.75% of capacity after weekend rains added roughly 90,000 cubic meters of water, though officials say it remains critically low and needs close monitoring.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Honduras has launched a two-year, $1 million project to bolster surveillance and fight antimicrobial resistance across the health, agriculture, animal, and environmental sectors through coordinated national action.

Twenty-two containers of furniture and educational equipment from the United States arrived in San Pedro Sula for distribution to schools in Cortés, Yoro, and Santa Bárbara, with items valued at up to $200 each.

A stationary trough will keep generating rain across Honduras through Friday or Saturday, with accumulated totals reaching up to 40 millimeters in affected regions.

Tegucigalpa's city government (AMDC) launched a cleanup operation on World Cleanup Day after storms hit the capital on Saturday.

Juan Ángel López Fuentes, 30, and Dixion Geovany Lara Aldana, 17, were found partially buried in a field in El Naranjo, Jutiapa, Atlántida, on Monday; a third man was wounded but survived, and authorities are investigating a possible family dispute as the motive.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Congress and the National Penitentiary Institute met to discuss and approve reforms to tighten security in Honduras's prisons, including special controls on communications and maximum-security transfers for members of organizations designated as terrorist groups.

Ten civil-society organizations, backed by the UN Development Programme, delivered a package of electoral reforms to Congress President Tomás Zambrano and the National Electoral Council as lawmakers prepare to negotiate competing proposals on voting procedures.

Also reported by: Congreso Nacional, Radio América Honduras, CESPAD Honduras

Honduras's mining and hydrocarbon commission met with fuel importers to discuss pending legislation on hydrocarbon regulation and biofuels, along with a proposed price-stabilization fund for diesel and gasoline; the government has spent about 1.2 billion lempiras (roughly $48 million) subsidizing fuel increases since February.

Honduras's Appeals Court unanimously threw out the formal charges against David Chávez, former head of the National Party's Central Committee, over alleged fraud and misconduct in a 75.8-million-lempira (about $3 million) irregular procurement at the national vocational institute.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN

Honduras filed written observations with the International Court of Justice on September 21 opposing Guatemala's intervention in the dispute over the Zapotillo Cays, which Belice also claims.

Also reported by: Cancillería / SRECI (X)

Honduras's attorney general has charged two ZEDE Próspera officials—the technical secretary and civil prosecutor—with treason and usurpation of public functions, as lawmakers including Liberal congressman Carlos Umaña call the special economic zones a product of corruption.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said a reality-show production linked to Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego at Cayos Cochinos in Honduras must comply with environmental protections and indigenous land rights, after Garífuna communities protested their exclusion from the beach.

Honduras faces persistent cycles of impunity for violence and severe human rights violations against land and environmental defenders, Amnesty International's global director Erika Guevara said.

COHEP is hosting Expo Imagen 2026 on September 24–25 at the Hotel Honduras Maya in Tegucigalpa, bringing together advertising, marketing, and creative professionals to build business connections and brand positioning.

Honduras now counts 3.79 million employed workers earning an average of L10,356 a month (about $415), up 6.9% from 2025, though unemployment rose to 7.1% and 61.1% of households remain below the poverty line.

An extreme El Niño could shrink the GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean by at least 2%, according to the UN economic commission for the region (CEPAL).

COHEP is holding a virtual briefing on September 30 on the European Union's new ban on imports made with forced labor, aimed at helping Honduran exporters comply.

More than 60 families in San José de Manchaguala on El Merendón have safe drinking water for the first time after Cervecería Hondureña, Coca-Cola Honduras, and the San Pedro Sula municipality opened a new potable-water system.

The Tegucigalpa municipal water authority (UMAPS) has published distribution schedules for more than 40 neighborhoods on September 23, with service times varying by zone and actual arrival depending on location and plant availability.

The Infrastructure Ministry is sealing and resurfacing a 44.5-km stretch of road between Gracias Lempira and San Juan to repair damage and ease conditions for daily commuters.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras said its free student transport service will keep running nationwide while officials meet with transport providers and regulators to strengthen the program within the law.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

El Salvador launched a tourism campaign in Honduras's two largest cities to court Honduran travelers during the October Morazán holiday week, when migration data show about 41% of Hondurans who travel abroad pick El Salvador.

Roatán's mayor's office denied any part in reports of a L5,000–L5,800 charge on tourist transport operators, saying the Honduran Land Transport Institute (IHTT) called the meeting; an IHTT official said the charge is a L2,800 (about $112) permit fee for drivers to legalize their licenses.

San Pedro Thunder, a 10-player squad from Honduras, faced teams from the US, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, and Peru at the 'Ruedas de Esperanza' international wheelchair basketball tournament in Chiclayo, Sept. 19–21.

Anthony Lozano, the former Honduras captain recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in October 2025, has begun training at Olimpia's high-performance facility and is a free agent after Santos Laguna declined to renew his contract.

Detentions of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the United States and Mexico fell to 21,741 in the first half of 2026, down 50.2% from the same period in 2025.

Community organizer Lida Perdomo urged authorities to cut the red tape in repatriating Honduran nationals, noting that the process costs between $15,000 and $20,000 and offers families no clear online guidance for handling a death abroad.

A minibus driver died on September 22 while working his route between Choloma, Puerto Cortés, and San Pedro Sula; preliminary reports point to a heart attack, though the cause has not been officially confirmed.

Honduras's human-rights ombudsman says the state has ignored most recommendations from a 2023 alert on protecting inmates' rights, including emergency protocols, evacuation plans, and medical readiness in prisons.

Police arrested a 57-year-old man in Comayagüela after his partner reported allegations of sexual assault, physical abuse, and domestic violence; authorities say he also drank alcohol and used other substances in front of minors.