Saturday, October 17, 2026

Congress President Tomás Zambrano traveled to El Salvador with members of the legislative security commission to tour the Cecot terrorism prison and explore legal reforms and security cooperation between the two countries against organized crime.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Congreso Nacional

Marco Paz, president of Congress's Security Commission, proposed letting inmates classified as low or medium risk, along with elderly prisoners and those with chronic illnesses, serve out their sentences at home under electronic monitoring.

Honduran lawmakers are advancing criminal-justice reforms targeting gangs and maras that human-rights experts warn echo authoritarian measures under Nicaragua's Ortega and security policies in El Salvador, pointing to warrantless home searches and longer detention periods.

Also reported by: Congreso Nacional

Honduras's national microenterprise agency is offering 86 million lempiras (about $3.4 million) to farmers through four partner institutions at annual interest rates of 10–12%, with financial training and technical assistance included.

The World Bank's vice president for Latin America, Susana Cordeiro Guerra, met with Central Bank President Roberto Lagos in Bangkok and confirmed plans to visit Honduras in mid-November to push economic reforms and competitiveness measures.

Honduras's public-employee pension institute (INJUPEMP) is offering unsecured loans of up to L 800,000 (about $32,000) to active civil servants and retirees at 17% annual interest, with repayment terms of up to 72 months for pensioners under 80.

The Agriculture Ministry plans to invest 350–400 million lempiras (roughly $14–16 million) in a nationwide irrigation program to install more than 500 drip-irrigation systems, drill wells, and repair existing infrastructure, reaching 800–900 farmers across drought-prone regions including the dry corridor and covering an estimated 1,600 hectares.

Central Bank President Roberto Lagos met with IMF Western Hemisphere Director Nigel Chalk in Thailand to discuss the outlines of Honduras's next IMF program.

Also reported by: CNBS (Bank/Insurance regulator)

The Honduran tax authority (SAR) will hold Misión Mipyme on October 20 in El Progreso, offering business registration help, advisory services, and financing options for small enterprises and entrepreneurs.

Honduras is adopting NIIF S1 and NIIF S2, international sustainability accounting standards that will require large corporations to disclose climate risks and opportunities in financial reports starting in 2028, a move meant to improve transparency and access to green financing.

Paving of PO-35, Roatan's 54-kilometer main road, is nearly finished with about 2.1 kilometers left; the Roatan municipality has uniquely funded the national road project itself using local tax revenue.

A 20-lempira (about $0.80) increase on public-transport fares between San Francisco, Lempira, and La Esperanza, Intibucá, has angered commuters, who question whether the Honduran Land Transport Institute approved it and what justifies the jump.

About 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of waste piled up at Honduras's main teaching hospital after a contractor's garbage truck broke down, prompting kitchen staff to threaten a strike over unsanitary conditions near the food-prep area.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio HRN

Honduras has yet to create the comprehensive support plan for people with autism spectrum disorder ordered by a 2019 presidential decree, with successive administrations invoking the autistic community rhetorically while dodging any real commitment.

Honduras's Special Human Rights Prosecutor has accepted a complaint filed by patient Santos Fúnez against the Medical Association and will investigate whether the association's informational assemblies violated the constitutional right to health care and complied with Honduran law.

A severe drought in southern Honduras has forced 214 shrimp farms to suspend operations, leading the National Aquaculture Association to cut its 2026 production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds as high temperatures and prolonged low rainfall drive up salinity in the Gulf of Fonseca.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

About 600,000 people in Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela live in 730 neighborhoods prone to landslides, with nearly 70% of the capital at some level of risk; the city is spending 700 million lempiras (about $28 million) on mitigation work this year.

Josué Rivaldo Reyes, 24, drowned on September 28 while swimming with friends at Wekiva Island in Florida; his family and the Honduran community are raising money to bring his remains home.

About 900 Hondurans interviewed with eight Spanish farm companies offering roughly 2,000 temporary agricultural jobs, a recruitment drive backed by the governments of Honduras and Spain to ease local unemployment.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Honduras's National Police launched a 70-day operation in Tegucigalpa targeting organized crime under the Plan Shield of Honduras, deploying more than 300 officers for patrols, arrests of suspects with outstanding warrants, and targeted raids through year-end.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio HRN, Once Noticias

A 4-year-old girl who died at a San Pedro Sula bus terminal had Burkitt lymphoma, an aggressive cancer; forensic examiners confirmed she died of organ failure caused by the disease.

National Police arrested a man known as "El Cuico," described as an independent drug dealer, during a raid in Potrerillos, Cortés.