Wednesday, October 14, 2026 — Evening Edition

The central bank auctioned $114.5 million on its foreign-exchange market on October 13, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8927 per dollar for October 14.

The Public Ministry's Special Fiscal Crimes Unit recovered L15.7 million (about $630,000) from a Comayagua hardware-store owner accused of tax evasion, after a forensic audit found the company had understated import costs on its 2022 tax return.

Honduras's net international reserves have grown by $1.1 billion since late January, reaching $11.4 billion as of October 5 and covering 6.6 months of imports.

Economist Guillermo Matamoros warns that global trade shifts, drought, high production costs, and weakening agriculture and manufacturing threaten the central bank's 3–4% GDP growth forecast for 2026, with about 47,000 jobs lost so far this year.

Honduras's transparency law is already in force, and registration of the beneficial owners of accounts and entities will open in January to strengthen legal certainty and transparency, officials say.

ENEE will cut power from 8 a.m. to between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on October 15 in the departments of Olancho and Colón for routine maintenance affecting dozens of villages and neighborhoods.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler confirmed the government will not install toll booths between Lamaní and El Amatillo, settling four years of debt owed to the private concessionaire and taking over maintenance to keep the route free.

Hospital Escuela has warned parents about kwashiorkor, a severe protein-deficiency malnutrition in Honduran children under five that can cause abdominal swelling, hair changes, and weakened immunity; the hospital reports treating up to three cases a month.

A 19-year-old in Roatán died of suspected dengue after being referred from outpatient care to the hospital with complications; health authorities await final confirmation and report five confirmed dengue deaths in Honduras this year among more than 10,700 cases.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

Honduras's Health Ministry has found nearly 700 ghost payroll positions — including doctors who drew full salaries while studying abroad for years — amid a staffing crisis that has suspended more than 4,000 elective surgeries.

The Health Ministry says it will clear most overdue payments to 273 contract doctors by Friday, as a 37-day protest by the medical profession has forced 2,000 to 3,000 canceled surgeries and more than 12,000 missed outpatient visits nationwide.

Also reported by: Radio América, Radio América Honduras

A lawmaker has proposed reclassifying dermatological products now labeled as cosmetics so older adults can claim the legally mandated discounts on essential medications for chronic or degenerative skin conditions.

Government-run mobile health units touring rural municipalities across Honduras offer free consultations, tests, and medications, serving nearly 10,000 people in their first month as an alternative during the ongoing physician strike.

Honduras's main public hospital is providing free mammograms to women over 35 and others at risk during October's breast-cancer awareness month, requiring only a national ID and no medical referral.

South Korea will provide $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Honduras for communities devastated by an El Niño-driven drought that has left about 620,000 people facing severe food insecurity, especially in the southern dry corridor.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio HRN, Radio América, Cancillería / SRECI (X)

UNICEF told Congress that more than 5,000 Honduran schools—about 27% of the total—lack clean water and sanitation, harming children's health and nutrition; lawmakers are weighing which state agency should coordinate repairs and technical support for municipalities.

Families displaced by landslides in Villa Unión, a Tegucigalpa neighborhood, will receive the government's promised rental assistance on Thursday, according to SIMGER director Julio Quiñónez.

Rising waters in Lake Yojoa have driven more than 30 families from their homes in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, while restaurants, tourism businesses, and sections of the CA-5 highway face damage and reduced access.

Honduran ballplayer Mauricio Dubón, who finished the 2026 season with the Atlanta Braves, is being floated by US media as a possible free-agent target for the New York Yankees, though Atlanta's general manager has also voiced interest in keeping him.

Jorge Miselem of Bushido Academy took silver in the no-gi division and bronze in the gi division at the 2026 SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Tokyo, competing in the heavyweight brown-belt category (over 100 kg).

A Guatemalan man was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 3,000 lempiras after police found during a routine check that his migration document was forged and he was not in official records.

The military gave Col. Juan Carlos Osorto Castillo a dishonorable discharge after an internal honor tribunal recommended his dismissal amid an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of 8 million lempiras from the Támara prison canteen system.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Samuel Antonio Ulloa Pinel faces an initial hearing on October 15 in the death of Jack Isaí López Castro, whose body was found in a septic tank in a Tegucigalpa residential area after an alcohol-fueled altercation on October 8.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X), Poder Judicial Honduras