Wednesday, November 4, 2026 — Morning Edition

Mariela Elizabeth Avila Ortiz, 33, a legal permanent resident, faces charges in Tennessee for allegedly voting in the 2024 US elections without being a citizen, one of 63 foreign nationals charged with election fraud by the US Department of Justice.

Honduras has scrapped the consular visa requirement for UK citizens, Hong Kong British passport holders, and citizens of British overseas territories, effective October 31, in a bid to boost tourism and encourage longer stays.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Colombia deported 44 Hondurans arrested by its navy for illegally fishing and exploiting marine resources in Caribbean waters near the island of San Andrés.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

A bill to create institutional mechanisms for searching for missing persons along migration routes and after natural disasters is advancing in Congress, with backing from the ICRC.

Lawmakers debated separating Honduras's presidential election (2029) from congressional and municipal elections (2031), though the proposal raises questions about term lengths and could produce four elections in four years if combined with a runoff system.

The Honduran government has approved a new national housing policy offering grants of up to 82,500 lempiras (about $3,300) and financing subsidies over ten years to help citizens buy homes.

Honduras will learn the results of an evaluation of its Millennium Challenge Account on Wednesday, a US program that ties development aid to governance and economic-policy benchmarks.

Employees of Honduras's state power utility ENEE have stopped work to demand back pay, with some owed as much as five months of salary; the utility's general manager says budget adjustments are underway to clear the debt.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and Central America's regional integration body are promoting a $216.7 million plan to modernize farming in the Central American Dry Corridor and widen small farmers' access to credit.

State power company ENEE announced scheduled electricity outages on November 4 across several regions for maintenance, with some areas losing power for more than six hours.

The Property Institute (IP) begins handing out physical vehicle license plates in Francisco Morazán on November 4, starting with new registrations and owners now using temporary virtual plates, by appointment through the IP website.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Women's rights organizations told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that Honduran women and girls still face persistent barriers to obtaining emergency contraceptive pills, amid what advocates describe as a broader rollback of reproductive rights.

The Motagua-Olimpia match set for November 22 will be played at Carlos Miranda Stadium in Comayagua rather than the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, which will be closed for a Catholic Church event from November 16 to 27.

Honduras has announced its roster for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar (November 19 to December 13), notably including several players born in 2010 and 2011, two years younger than the tournament's standard age group, as part of a long-term development strategy under coach Merling Paz.

A new group of Hondurans is organizing in San Pedro Sula to form a caravan bound for the United States, citing joblessness and scarce economic opportunities, though no departure date has been set.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Once Noticias

Honduras's Congressional Migration Commission met with Japan's international cooperation agency to explore joint projects in vocational training, legal labor migration to Japan, and financial education for returning Honduran migrants.

Adela Castellanos and her 6-year-old daughter Sofía were released from the Dilley immigration processing center in Texas after more than two months in custody, though Castellanos must wear an electronic monitor and was separated from her other children while detained.

Edwin Cabrera, 45, a businessman from Utila, was shot dead in his home on November 1; his son has been missing since being kidnapped seven months earlier, and police are investigating whether the two crimes are linked.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, Ministerio Público (X)

The department of Comayagua recorded about 1,050 criminal cases in 2025-2026, the second-highest total in Honduras after Tegucigalpa, and police are requesting more officers, judges, and prosecutors to tackle rising violence, including five homicides over the weekend.