Friday, November 6, 2026 — Morning Edition

The president of the Honduran Journalists' Guild told an OAS session that the trial of former Armed Forces chief Roosevelt Hernández, charged over alleged attacks on press freedom and the judicial persecution of journalists, is being delayed.

Also reported by: El Heraldo

Congresswoman Sandra Coleman, a Liberal Party lawmaker from Cortés, has introduced a bill to create legal mechanisms for Honduras to cooperate with the International Criminal Court, which it ratified in 2002 but has never had the domestic procedures to enforce.

Liberal congressman Yuri Sabas of Choluteca introduced a bill Wednesday to waive import taxes on hybrid and electric vehicles for 10 years.

Honduras's Notary Comptroller is pressing ahead with a mandatory process requiring notaries in Cortés and Santa Bárbara to update their personal data and submit to biometric fingerprint checks at the Justice Palace in San Pedro Sula through Thursday.

Honduras's farm and livestock federation says fertilizer costs have risen 300–400 lempiras (about $12–$16) a bag on higher fuel and input prices, but warned producers and merchants against speculative increases not grounded in real production costs.

An 8.3% fall in international crude prices to $88.12 a barrel could lower gasoline and diesel costs in Honduras in the coming weeks if the decline holds, the fuel distributors' association said.

The state utility ENEE has scheduled power cuts on November 6 in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Danlí and other areas for maintenance, system upgrades and equipment installation, with outages lasting one to six hours depending on location.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler said the government will spend an additional $19 million on dump trucks and water tankers for municipalities, on top of more than 300 machines already delivered, each backed by four years of preventive maintenance.

Health authorities confirmed a 13th chikungunya case in Honduras—a 28-year-old man in the western region, the first detected there—as officials trace the source and urge mosquito control and medical screening nationwide.

Honduras's environmental prosecutors are investigating reported contamination of a stream in Las Lajas, Comayagua, after a dye spill, working with national police to seize containers and barrels linked to the release.

Also reported by: Infobae – Honduras

El Pacayal, a Lenca community in Chinacla, La Paz, has secured its water supply for 20 years through a community-run water board, forest protection and conservation rules that kept the source flowing even during the severe 2026 drought that hit 5.6 million Hondurans.

Honduras's private agricultural sector will fully finance seven new cloud-seeding flights to boost rainfall in drought-stricken areas, with Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina saying earlier flights showed positive results.

A man was convicted of illegally clearing a road and cutting trees in the El Rodeo protected reserve near Tegucigalpa and sentenced to six years by the Special Environmental Prosecutor's Office.

A court in Tela is holding a trial hearing for Josué David Sánchez Reyes and Emilson Jesús Sánchez Reyes, both accused of unlawful logging and aggravated deforestation.

The rector of Honduras's National Pedagogical University laid out plans to Congress to expand academic programs and asked for more funding to hire faculty and build out physical and technology infrastructure.

The government and FAO will spend $15 million through 2029 to decentralize school-meal management and source fresh food from local farmers in 30 vulnerable municipalities, aiming to improve nutrition for 1.2 million students and open markets for small producers.

Honduran right back Andy Nájar won Nashville SC's goal-of-the-year award for a stoppage-time strike against Columbus Crew on August 22 that sealed a 3–2 comeback and helped the club to its first Supporters' Shield title.

National team coach José Francisco Molina said he has no interest in recalling Kervin Arriaga for the November FIFA window, citing a lack of commitment after Arriaga opted out and reports of friction with teammates following a poor Nations League campaign.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

The International Organization for Migration urged Hondurans weighing irregular migration to the US to look into legal channels, warning that informal routes expose migrants to criminal smuggling networks and human trafficking.

Two men, Darío Martínez and Nerlin Acosta, were shot and killed Thursday in Pueblo Viejo, a community in Yoro.

Police report that nearly 500 women were wanted in Honduras during 2026 over alleged criminal activity, with some now handling gang finances and extortion proceeds rather than merely supporting male members.