Thursday, November 12, 2026 — Evening Edition

A court has permanently closed the case against former CNE council member Marlon Ochoa on charges of breaching confidentiality and defamation after his defense sought to withdraw the private complaint filed by fellow council member Cossette López.

Also reported by: La Prensa, HCH, Radio América Honduras

Joel Ramos García, the former head of electoral-material transport at the National Electoral Council, was charged with electoral crimes after complaints that ballot boxes and voting kits never reached some polling sites; a preliminary hearing is set for November 20.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras

Congress approved a decree letting San Pedro Sula residents with limited land rights (dominio útil) obtain full ownership titles by paying at least 3% of the property's cadastral value within two years, allowing them to use the land as collateral for bank loans.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government has extended its tax amnesty until December 31, giving taxpayers more time to settle overdue bills under a legislative decree.

Polish companies have approached Honduras's labor ministry to recruit Honduran workers for manufacturing, construction, hospitality and other jobs under the country's temporary employment program, with contracts processed through official government channels.

Monthly inflation on tradable goods reached 1.20% in October 2026, driven mainly by transport costs (0.76 percentage points) and food and nonalcoholic beverages (0.35 percentage points).

Honduras's Law of the Absent Honduran takes effect November 15, letting citizens who have been abroad for more than a year bring personal items, electronics and health products into the country duty-free through January 15.

A business council employment report found that women's joblessness is twice that of men, with women making up 72% of young people neither in school nor working, underscoring barriers to their professional advancement and economic participation.

Also reported by: COHEP (Private Sector Council)

As of September 2026, Honduras's central bank external public debt was 64.4% loans, 33.9% IMF Special Drawing Rights allocations and 1.7% other liabilities.

Honduras's financial system holds more than 780 billion lempiras (about $31 billion) in deposits, up more than 14% from a year earlier, and keeps a capital-adequacy ratio of 15%, above international benchmarks of 8–14%.

The Agriculture Ministry is using advanced reproductive technology to raise livestock productivity, transferring 95 embryos so far to 17 ranchers in El Paraíso and Choluteca, with a goal of 516 transfers across three departments using improved dairy and beef genetics.

Congress approved a decree earmarking 2.258 billion lempiras (about $90 million) in the 2027 budget for energy, flood prevention, roads, healthcare and port improvements in Cortés, with quarterly oversight reports required.

A 5.5-kilometer asphalt-paving project on the main street of Colonia Villeda Morales has begun, aiming to end more than a decade of mobility problems for over 10,000 residents, with completion set for December 2026.

Mario Cálix, a towering figure in Honduran journalism who reported for HRN and Noticieros Hoy Mismo in the 1980s and helped found the Colegio de Periodistas de Honduras, has died of natural causes at 76.

More than 200 people once tied to criminal organizations now serve as pastors in evangelical churches across Honduras, under church supervision, according to the president of the Tegucigalpa Pastors' Association.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The Liga Nacional's Discipline Commission has opened formal proceedings into Olancho FC's refusal to finish its November 7 match against Olimpia, saying it needs more evidence and witness statements before ruling on the result and possible sanctions.

Génesis FC has suspended Colombian players Ronaldo Balanta and Juan Mosquera and Panamanian defender Manuel Gamboa with two regular-season matches left in the 2026 Apertura tournament, though the club has not said why.

Javier Martínez, 26, of Choloma, Cortés, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle on November 9 while changing a tire on Interstate 459 South near Hoover, Alabama; his community is raising funds to repatriate his remains to Honduras.

A Liberal congresswoman says the government has stalled for five to six months on publishing regulations for an approved migrant-law reform, blocking returned Hondurans from the benefits they were promised, and faulted the administration for not pressing the US for Temporary Protected Status for Honduras.

Police arrested Paola Stephania Cisneros Ávila, 43, in Comayagüela on charges of impersonating a lawyer and collecting L168,000 (about $6,700) from clients for legal work she never did, in a scheme dating to 2024.

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

Honduras's anticorruption council says public auctions were used as cover to illegally sell 33 state-held properties to buyers possibly linked to criminal networks, in what it calls sham sales by the OABI.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Carl Winston Broadway Jeffries, a mathematics and science teacher, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison for the aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old student at a private school in La Ceiba, after an investigation prompted by suspicious messages found on the child's phone.

Also reported by: Ministerio Público (X)