Honduras Daily by Location

Honduras's Health Secretariat announced that hemodialysis services are now available in Danlí, providing chronic kidney disease patients in the El Paraíso department with local access to treatment.

National Party congressional leader Carlos Cano called for a national drought-preparedness program, including agricultural extension workers in productive departments like Olancho, warning that repeated climate shocks risk pushing small and mid-size farmers into food crises.

The Banco Central de Honduras auctioned $79.5 million on May 28, yielding a weighted average exchange rate of L26.6608 per U.S. dollar, effective May 29, 2026.

The Honduran private sector, through FEDECAMARA, has presented President Nasry Juan Asfura with a nine-point policy agenda covering administrative simplification and workforce development, aimed at improving the country's investment climate and decentralizing economic growth.

The Alianza Campesina, Indígena y Popular de Honduras and allied social organizations formally challenged a proposed legal reform on Thursday, arguing it would criminalize protest and curtail civil liberties.

The STENEE union is urging ENEE's new management to proceed with a stalled national and international tender for 1,500 megawatts of power, warning that peak demand has already hit 2,205 MW and that workers are prepared to take action if the procurement process is not reactivated.

Police in Cucuyagua, Copán detained two suspects and seized suspected cocaine, cash, and mobile phones during an anti-drug operation.

DPI officers caught a suspect in the act of seriously wounding a victim with a scalpel-type blade in the capital, seizing the weapon at the scene.

Crews started clearing and laying out a new bypass road in the Los Cármenes sector that officials say will link San Pedro Sula and Choloma, reducing traffic, improving safety, and spurring development.

Honduras's environmental prosecutor FEMA secured formal charges against four individuals for illegal tree-felling and unauthorized urban development inside La Tigra National Park.

Honduras's Air Force airlifted three patients requiring complex specialist care from Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios, to Tegucigalpa under the military's 'Alas para la Salud' program serving isolated communities.

COHEP's May 2026 economic bulletin shows 4% accumulated GDP-activity growth through March, 3.12% inflation (transport up 10.55%), a pending $245 million IMF disbursement expected in late June, and government floating debt exceeding L 24.6 billion (about $985 million), or 2.4% of GDP.

Peace judges traveled to the "La Laguna que Tiembla" community in the Merendón area of San Pedro Sula, where residents elected five community leaders as judicial facilitators to mediate conflicts and promote civic education.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler and San Pedro Sula Mayor Roberto Contreras met to coordinate upcoming bypass and traffic-relief road projects for the city.

The Honduran national team may field a reduced squad for its upcoming friendly against Argentina after immigration issues left several key players unable to travel.

Kenneth Madrid, a self-nominated lawyer seeking a seat on Honduras's National Electoral Council, says he has no party backing and needs 86 of 128 congressional votes, calling the selection a test of whether Congress will prioritize merit over partisan dealmaking.

Liverpool forward Keyrol Figueroa trained individually in Miami ahead of Honduras's June friendly against Argentina in Houston, with team officials confirming the separate sessions are part of a fitness plan, not an injury.

A 20-year-old math and science teacher at a private school in La Ceiba, Atlántida, was arrested Thursday on a court-ordered warrant for the alleged ongoing aggravated rape of an 11-year-old female student.

The National Agrarian Institute issued three property titles to Chortí indigenous communities in the departments of Copán and Ocotepeque, formalizing land rights for those groups.

The Honduran government and the World Food Programme signed an agreement to guarantee school meals for more than 1.2 million children across the country.

Josué David Calderón disappeared while swimming with friends in the Chamelecón River on May 26 and was found dead hours later, the latest in a pattern of annual drowning fatalities involving minors at Honduras's rivers and beaches.

Honduras's National Road and Transport Directorate planted 300 mahogany and oak trees in green spaces around the capital, aiming to improve air quality and promote environmental responsibility.

COHEP executive director Armando Urtecho says Honduras's new Part-Time Employment Law imposes overly strict registration requirements that will prevent companies from expanding flexible hiring, arguing job growth will depend instead on improved legal and personal security for investors.

Honduras's Public Prosecutor's Office dismantled a criminal network accused of cyber fraud against a company, stealing more than two million lempiras (about $80,000).

A Roatán court ordered the judicial detention of Francisco Antonio Gutiérrez Bonilla on charges of attempted aggravated rape of a minor.

Nine European writers are participating in the X Festival de Los Confines, a cultural exchange event running May 27–31 in Honduras.

A Roatán court issued arrest orders against four individuals on charges including illegal firearms possession, drug trafficking, and aggravated robbery with violence.

A La Ceiba court held a preliminary hearing for Ronal Alexis Cotto, former legal adviser at El Porvenir prison, charged with abuse of authority and dereliction of duty, with a decision on sending the case to trial still pending.

Honduras is hosting the VIII International Forum of Securities Market Issuers of the Americas (FIMVA 2026) in San Pedro Sula, which the private sector says offers opportunities to connect local firms with Latin American financial leaders and develop the national capital market.

Honduran police arrested a 50-year-old man in Danlí, El Paraíso, accused of repeatedly sexually abusing his daughter from the age of 13, resulting in a pregnancy and the death of the newborn.