Thursday, October 29, 2026 — Evening Edition

Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero met with Israeli investors and the American Jewish Committee to explore partnerships in advanced irrigation, water management, public health, and security, though no deals or investment figures have been announced.

Congress approved a motion to assess Honduras's eight regional airports—most now inactive—and their legal status, with the goal of modernizing them to spur tourism.

Honduras's basic food basket now costs more than L16,000 (about $640) a month, exceeding the minimum wage in some sectors and forcing 1.88 million food-insecure Hondurans to cut spending on health and education.

A Consulting HNL study found that roughly 50% of Honduras's exports go to the United States, which also supplies 33.5% of its imports; Honduras sends just 0.4% of exports to China but buys nearly 15% of its imports from it, according to Central Bank trade data.

An energy expert from the Association for a More Just Society urged Honduras's state utility to cut electrical losses by at least five percentage points next year through meter installation and technical measures, warning that a frozen electricity rate could cost 6 billion lempiras and endanger the utility's finances.

The National Banking and Insurance Commission demonstrated to International Monetary Fund officials its centralized registry of corporate beneficial owners, designed to help authorities spot illicit financial structures and keep Honduras in line with regional anti-money-laundering standards.

Also reported by: CNBS (Bank/Insurance regulator)

The head of Honduras's rice growers' association said the 2026 harvest will reach only about 350,000 quintals (roughly 15,800 metric tons), half the Agriculture Ministry's projection of 700,000, citing El Niño damage, rising input costs, and weak government support.

Honduras's per-capita GDP for 2026 is projected at $3,663 a year (about 98,000 lempiras), the lowest in Spanish-speaking Latin America, a sign of persistent economic strains that experts say call for formal job creation and more broadly shared growth.

Forty-six farming families in Intibucá are moving from open-field to protected-structure strawberry cultivation with drip irrigation and water reservoirs, funded by L5 million (about $200,000) from the Agriculture Ministry and the farmers themselves.

Congressman Milton Puerto has proposed setting aside 80 million lempiras (about $3.2 million) in the 2027 budget for an irrigation system in Siguapa, Sulaco, Yoro, to improve farm output and water use in the rural area.

Tegucigalpa's municipal authority will install 20–25 smart traffic signals along five kilometers of the south exit to manage a reversible lane that switches direction by time of day, pending completion of the Germania Bridge expansion by late November.

The 5.5-kilometer corridor between Lomas de Toncontín and Villeda Morales is being repaved and patched, officials say, to ease travel for residents of the capital.

Tegucigalpa's municipal police are towing vehicles parked on sidewalks and fining drivers 3,000 lempiras (about $120) plus 800 lempiras (about $32) for the tow, citing complaints that illegal parking blocks pedestrians.

Honduras's Health Ministry is offering dengue vaccination to children ages 6–16 at public health facilities across the country.

Honduras has confirmed 12 cases of chikungunya, most heavily concentrated in El Paraíso Department near the Nicaragua border, and health authorities are urging mosquito-control measures like those used against dengue.

A report by the Association for a Just Society found 366 teachers holding four or more teaching jobs at once nationwide, raising concerns about payroll abuse and the quality of education.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Lech Poznań, the defending Polish champion and club of Honduran forward Luis Palma, was eliminated from the Polish Cup by third-division Siarka Tarnobrzeg in a 1-0 round-of-16 loss.

Spanish coach Cristian Aleza spoke from Azerbaijan about Honduras's U-15 team at the FIFA World Cup and Festival, praising the players' development and attacking play and explaining why he left out players from Honduras's top clubs.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding an appeals-court mandate is cutting off legal paths to residency for Honduran migrants and speeding deportations, according to U.S.-based immigration lawyer Disney Thompson.

Honduras's consul general in McAllen visited six unaccompanied Honduran children at a shelter in Raymondville, Texas, to check on their welfare and follow their family reunification cases.

Authorities arrested a taco vendor in Siguatepeque after finding decomposed dog remains and three critically injured animals at his home, triggering an animal-welfare investigation.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Policía Nacional de Honduras

Honduras is building a special penitentiary force of current and new prison guards and military police to take control of all prisons, starting with maximum-security facilities, as part of recent security reforms.

Police arrested a 46-year-old man in Santa Fe, Colón, on suspicion of killing Óscar Adonay Doray Mejía; investigators believe the murder may have stemmed from a personal, possibly romantic, dispute and recovered a pistol from the suspect.