Honduras Daily by Location

A congresswoman from the Libre party has proposed legislation to identify tenants as responsible for electrical consumption during their occupancy, with provisions to report unpaid debts to credit bureaus and protect landlords from inheriting tenants' arrears.

Honduras's physicians are holding nationwide assemblies despite government announcements of progress on back pay, citing database errors and unclear employment categories that complicate salary resolution.

Coffee exports from Honduras in the 2025–26 harvest year, which ended September 30, generated $2.285 billion in sales, according to the head of the Honduran Coffee Institute.

CONCACAF has approved Honduras's appeal and annulled forward Dereck Moncada's red card from the Jamaica match, allowing him to play in Friday's Nations League game against Martinique.

The president of Honduras's taxi association said lawmakers gave no response to the industry's demands for relief from high fuel prices after a meeting at Congress.

Ana Belinda Valenzuela, commissioner of Honduras's land-transport institute, said meetings at the Energy Ministry will continue to examine how fuel prices are calculated in the country.

Though Honduras mandates that 40% of electoral candidates be women, only 38 of 128 lawmakers elected in November 2025 are female (29.7%), a gap the UN Development Programme attributes to parties placing women candidates in uncompetitive positions.

COHEP participated in the launch of the Skills Passport, an ILO and CINTERFOR program enabling mutual recognition of labor certifications across Latin America and the Caribbean to boost worker mobility and regional competitiveness.

Honduras's public external debt stood at $10.77 billion in June 2026, equivalent to 26.3% of GDP and down 0.8 percentage points from December 2025, with the general government accounting for 87.5% of the total.

Honduras's current account recorded a $109.2 million surplus in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the first-half total to $843.3 million, which the central bank says enabled the country to build foreign reserves and reduce external debt.

Honduras's 721 active production cooperatives created over 16,200 jobs and reported sales exceeding 1.46 billion lempiras (about $59 million) in the first half of 2026.

Honduras's electricity regulator approved a 0.64% rate increase for the fourth quarter of 2026, but the newly enacted Energy Justice Law blocks ENEE from passing the increase to consumers, keeping electricity bills frozen through March 2027.

Diesel fuel prices in Honduras surged 77% from January to September 2026, rising from L81.27 to L149.20 per gallon and surpassing 2022 highs, straining transport operators and household budgets across the country.

Honduras's Supreme Audit Court found that the state power utility ENEE redirected about 2 billion lempiras (roughly $80 million) intended for a national program to reduce electrical losses, preventing the purchase of equipment and services needed to meet its efficiency targets in 2023–24.

The government announced that implementation of Honduras's Energy Justice Law will speed up with technical assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank, with a steering committee of Cabinet officials and energy agencies working to advance regulatory processes.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $92.7 million in its September 30 currency sale, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8989 per dollar for October 1.

A congressional transport commission met with operators nationwide to explore mechanisms for converting transport units, aiming to reduce operational costs and improve conditions for the sector.

A proposed law would make tenants responsible for electric bills incurred during their lease term and allow utilities to report unpaid debts to credit agencies after a 30-day notice period, protecting property owners from inherited arrears.

Honduras's government has officially declared October 5–9, 2026, as the national Morazán Week holiday for public employees, with emergency and disaster-response staff excluded to maintain essential services.

Congress held meetings with transport leaders and private-sector representatives on September 30 to discuss emergency measures against fuel prices exceeding 153 lempiras per gallon, with a proposal to temporarily freeze fuel prices for two weeks during the Morazán holiday period.

A congressman has proposed allowing professional nurses in Honduras to retire voluntarily at age 58 with at least 30 years of service and required contributions, citing the physical and emotional toll of healthcare work.

A Central Bank survey found that Honduran households receiving remittances allocate the bulk to living expenses: food (50.3%), medical treatment (25.2%), and education (8.5%).

A Central Bank survey found that nearly two-thirds of respondents send remittances averaging $510.30 monthly, with senders reporting average monthly income of $4,065.80 and expenses of $2,107.60.

As of June 2026, Honduras's private external debt is concentrated in commercial bank loans (94.6%), with the non-financial private sector owing 71.2% of the total and the financial sector 28.8%.

Honduras's banking regulator released its annual financial inclusion report with data through end-2025, available on the CNBS Financial Inclusion Portal.

Honduras is allocating L100 million (roughly $4 million) to rehabilitate 200–250 kilometers of roads serving 46 municipalities in the coffee-growing regions.

Physician assemblies at Honduras's public-health institute have suspended outpatient consultations and elective surgeries for nearly a month, costing over L400 million (about $16 million), while doctors press demands for wage adjustments and contract improvements.

Former presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla has asked the UN human rights office to monitor his case after Honduras's campaign finance authority imposed a 146.5 million lempira (about $5.9 million) fine for 21 undisclosed private donations during his 2025 campaign.

A representative of small and medium enterprises warned that ongoing power cuts and rising fuel prices pose an existential threat to hundreds of businesses across Honduras.

Honduras's state power utility ENEE has scheduled maintenance outages for Thursday, October 1, affecting communities in Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Choluteca, El Paraíso, and Olancho between 8:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., with specific times varying by location.