Wednesday, November 11, 2026

The Tegucigalpa city government will ban the commercial sale of fireworks beginning November 15, with violators facing fines of up to 80,000 lempiras (about $3,200) and the loss of their business permits.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, Radio América

Honduras's Congress is considering a plan to set up workshops in low- and medium-security prisons where inmates would make desks and uniforms for public schools, giving prisoners work and job skills while supporting education.

Honduras and Guatemala are coordinating traffic measures at the Corinto and Entre Ríos border crossings to move trucks faster during the early-morning hours, especially to handle year-end commercial demand.

The Honduran lempira fell further against the US dollar on November 11, with the Central Bank setting the rate at 26.9328 lempiras per dollar to buy and 27.0675 to sell, extending a week-long climb.

Businesses in the Sula Valley, which they say generates 60% of Honduras's GDP, want the 2027 budget to prioritize the El Tablón dam, flood protection, roads, and port and airport upgrades to match the region's economic weight.

Olancho cattle ranchers expect milk to reach 15–16 lempiras per liter (about $0.60–$0.64) and cheese 65–70 lempiras per pound by December, up from 8–11 lempiras per liter now, though the gains for producers may not reach consumers.

Also reported by: Radio América

Honduras's public-employee pension fund (INJUPEMP) is accepting applications through May 7, 2027, to waive accumulated late-payment penalties on personal loans issued to members and retirees between January 2000 and June 2026.

TAG Airlines will start direct service between El Salvador and Roatán three times a week beginning December 1, aiming to boost tourism by letting visitors combine both Caribbean destinations in a single trip.

The Tegucigalpa city government said work on a reversible lane at the southern exit is continuing, with six overhead directional signs due by late November and illegally parked vehicles to be towed.

South Korea and UNICEF are investing $500,000 to repair water systems, deliver safe water, and screen 9,840 people for nutrition problems across five drought-hit towns in Choluteca and El Paraíso through April 2027.

Forty-three public-school teachers in Roatán took a university-backed English certification exam as part of a public-private diploma program meant to strengthen language teaching and widen students' opportunities on the island.

The National Discipline Commission said Mario Samuel García, linked to Olancho FC, hurled offensive language at the referee near the locker rooms after a November 4 match, prompting the commission to ask the club to clarify his official role.

Independiente drew 1–1 with Real España on November 8 in matchday 14 of Honduras's Apertura tournament, repeating their first-round result and leaving the Máquina Aurinegra second with 28 points.

About 2,000 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua left southern Mexico on November 10 bound for the United States, a week after the US midterm elections.

Enmanuel Lobo, son of former CNE official Germán Lobo, was arrested by US immigration agents in Utah after his work visa expired and now awaits a hearing before an immigration judge to decide his status.

The Honduran human-rights ombudsman reported that 1,300 children were returned to Honduras between January and October 2026, including 378 traveling alone, underscoring the persistent challenges of child migration.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Billy Noé Martínez Colíndre, a Honduran who says he survived the August 2010 killing of 72 migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, is seeking international protection in Mexico after reporting six attempts on his life and the murder of his son in Honduras over threats tied to his testimony.

Honduras is receiving an average of 140 deportees a day from the United States, more than 41,000 so far this year, including people who spent 15 to 20 years abroad and now face family separation and economic hardship as they try to rebuild their lives.

Small suppliers who extended credit to the Támara prison's canteens face financial ruin, with debts ranging from L20,000 to more than L2 million, as the National Prison Institute acknowledges the debt but ties repayment to convictions in an L8 million embezzlement case.

Honduras's National Police emergency line 114 has taken 677 domestic violence and family abuse calls so far in 2026, leading to 220 arrests and 482 counseling sessions for victims, with the free, anonymous line available around the clock.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Ten civil-society groups have sent 87 electoral reform proposals to Honduras's National Electoral Council, whose president is pressing for a full overhaul that reaches beyond the high-profile fights over the runoff and polling stations.

Honduras's monthly inflation rate reached 0.91%, with higher transport and food prices together accounting for 84.6% of the increase, the central bank said.

Honduras's budget has grown about 60%, from 293 billion lempiras in 2020 to 444 billion in 2026, yet poverty rose a percentage point in 2026 alone, pushing roughly 77,000 more households below the line, according to analysis by Consulting HNL.

In October 2026, 66.9% of the 405 goods and services in Honduras's consumer price index cost more than the month before, while 21.2% fell.

Congress approved 65 infrastructure projects across Cortés municipalities worth 8.6 billion lempiras (about $344 million) for 2027-2028, including major bypasses, interchanges, bridge rebuilding, and flood-protection work in the Sula Valley.

Also reported by: La Prensa

The national power utility announced planned outages on November 11 in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Comayagua, Omoa, and other areas for routine circuit and transformer maintenance, with cuts lasting several hours in each one.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio HRN

Congress has authorized 53.5 million lempiras (about $2.1 million) for 23 electrification and street-lighting projects across 11 municipalities in El Paraíso, expected to benefit 1,770 households.

The national union of SANAA workers announced protests beginning Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. over continued layoffs and management's failure to respond.

Honduras and Japan's international cooperation agency are developing a master flood-control plan for the Sula Valley that will identify and schedule infrastructure projects to protect communities and cut risks in one of the country's most vulnerable regions.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's DNVT is 200,000 licenses behind because of a materials shortage, with new supplies expected in early December 2026.

The Inter-American Development Bank approved $101.68 million to repair and upgrade roads and rural farm routes in northwestern Honduras, connecting farming areas to national markets and the port of Cortés and benefiting more than 95,000 people through lower transport costs.

Three physicians charged with negligent homicide in the 2024 death of hairstylist Katia Mendoza after surgery were barred from leaving the country and ordered to check in with the court every 15 days, with a hearing set for November 20.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras

The Honduran Medical Association says about 400 doctors remain unpaid despite a government pledge to clear the arrears by October 31, while the government says only 69 cases are still pending and blames incomplete paperwork.

The government will spend 1.5 billion lempiras (about $60 million) from 2027 to 2029 to conserve and restore the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after declaring a three-year environmental emergency.

Copeco said the Río de Las Lajas in Comayagua has returned to its pre-spill condition after a red substance was dumped into it, clearing the river for normal use following lab tests of water and sediment samples.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Eduard Orlando Arriaza Salmerón, a student from Catacamas, Olancho, won gold with the top score at Honduras's National Mathematics Olympiad and will represent the country at an international mathematics olympiad in Jamaica.

Honduran utility player Mauricio Dubón earned his third Gold Glove as the best utility fielder in Major League Baseball, the only player to win three in the category since it was created in 2022, after playing for the Atlanta Braves in 2026.

Giancarlo Sacaza, a 22-year-old central defender for Motagua, is close to signing with Major League Soccer's Austin FC in 2027, joining fellow Honduran Joseph Rosales on the roster.

Karen Carolina Gómez Flores has been ordered held in pretrial detention on charges of aggravated human trafficking tied to exploitation in southern Yoro, after a court found enough evidence to send the case to trial.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras

Prosecutors charged seven people in San Pedro Sula with smuggling cigarettes into Honduras in an operation carried out with customs and national investigative authorities.