Honduras Daily by Location

A lawmaker has proposed forgiving Fundaniquem's electricity debt of L 5.46 million (about $218,000), saying the country's only specialized burn-rehabilitation center for children should not bear arrears left by past administrations.

Honduras's Congress unanimously approved a resolution committing to greater transparency, including salary deductions for unexcused absences, restrictions on members of Congress handling social-aid funds, and permanent accreditation for civil-society monitors from groups like the ASJ and CNA to observe legislative sessions.

Honduras's Health Ministry confirmed a third fatality linked to New World screwworm and warned of a rising number of cases across the country.

The Banco Central de Honduras allocated $103.5 million in its May 26 foreign-exchange auction, setting a weighted average exchange rate of L 26.6526 per dollar for May 27.

Amid rising violence, a former police-vetting commissioner and Security Secretary Gerzon Velásquez are calling for rigorous evaluation of police, prosecutors, and judges to root out criminal ties and effectively combat crime in Honduras.

Labor Minister Fernando Puerto confirmed no changes to the law requiring employers to pay Honduras's annual 14th-month salary bonus at any point during June 2026, with workers able to file a complaint with the Labor Ministry if payment is not made.

The Banco Central de Honduras auctioned $93.6 million on May 25, yielding a weighted average exchange rate of L26.6543 per U.S. dollar for May 26, 2026.

Honduras's net international reserves accumulated $1.16 billion between January 27 and May 22, 2026, maintaining import coverage of 6.6 months, the Central Bank reported.

Twenty judges, magistrates, and court staff from eight Honduran cities completed a UN-backed trainer program on gender and intersectionality, now mandatory in the Judicial School curriculum, aimed at aligning the justice system with international human-rights standards.

The government unveiled a 1.5-billion-lempira (roughly $60 million) incentive program targeting more than 300,000 corn, bean, coffee, and cattle farmers nationwide, with a drought-contingency plan and increased municipal transfers to help communities hardest hit by dry conditions.

Anti-narcotics police and the Honduran Armed Forces dismantled a coca plantation of roughly 11,000 plants in the mountainous Santa Bárbara area of Iriona municipality, Colón department.

The Central Bank's weekly report for May 15–21 shows net international reserves continuing to build — driven by remittances and strong export performance — with Honduras already meeting the liquid-reserve target set for June 2026 under its IMF agreement, despite a modest weekly dip tied to external debt payments.

President Nasry Asfura outlined a broad set of government measures including a nationwide smart-meter rollout to cut ENEE losses, debt-relief legislation for electricity customers, drought aid for up to 90 municipalities, higher municipal transfers, and over L 1.1 billion (roughly $44 million) in flood-mitigation works.

President Asfura ordered the full reconstruction of a dilapidated school in a Tolupán indigenous community in Francisco Morazán after teacher Marta Carolina Serrano drew national attention for patching its walls with mud and thatch to keep classes running.

Honduras has mobilized a $70 million humanitarian assistance plan, coordinated with the UN and COPECO, to support roughly 800,000 people affected by drought across the country.

The Carlos Eduardo Espina school, a new facility serving dozens of children in Villanueva, Cortés, was inaugurated Monday following a project led by Japanese content creator and activist Shin Fujiyama.

A decree transferring authority over the El Merendón mountain range to the national forestry agency ICF has alarmed the local conservation group Guardianes del Merendón, which warns of deforestation and threats to San Pedro Sula's water supply.

Honduras's SIT infrastructure agency reports ongoing expansion of the Germania Bridge on Tegucigalpa's southern exit, with progress on beam installation, asphalt paving, and road-base reinforcement.

Dozens of human-rights activists began a seven-day, 75-mile walk from Tucson to the Sasabe border crossing to raise awareness about the more than 8,000 migrants estimated to have died on the U.S.-Mexico border since the late 1990s, many in Arizona's desert heat.

At a press conference, President Nasry Asfura said his administration is working to cut losses at the state power utility ENEE, while revealing that the US government is funding a feasibility study for an interoceanic corridor and dry port between Puerto Cortés and La Barca.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler inspected progress on a double surface-treatment paving project on the Tegucigalpa–Santa Lucía expressway, intended to improve connectivity in the eastern zone.

Honduras's state utility ENEE announced planned outages for May 23 affecting circuits in the Francisco Morazán department due to scheduled maintenance work.

Honduras's Forest Conservation Institute (ICF) confirmed that the El Merendón protected reserve near San Pedro Sula will remain under municipal management following public opposition to a proposal that would have changed its legal status.

Congress approved penal code changes on May 18 that formally classify gangs and drug-trafficking networks as terrorist associations, but legal experts and human-rights groups warn the expanded, vague wording could be used against protesters and social movements.

Forecasters project Honduras's rainy season will begin in May but with a slight delay compared to the historical norm.

Three of Honduras's five massacres so far this year have occurred in Yoro department, where rival criminal gangs, maras, drug-trafficking networks, and land-invasion groups are competing for territory across municipalities including Olanchito, El Progreso, and Sulaco.

The National Party government is proposing to use private hospital capacity to reduce a public surgery waiting list, drawing warnings from medical leaders that the measure could lead to broader health privatization.

Attorney General Johel Zelaya removed Luis Javier Santos from leading the anti-corruption unit Uferco, reassigning him to a training school, a move former prosecutors warn weakens Honduras's fight against corruption and may serve political interests.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras inaugurated the ATLA (Aula Tecnológica Líder en Avances y Saber) classroom, described as the country's first higher-education facility equipped with artificial intelligence technology.

Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina delivered a formal request to UN Secretary-General António Guterres to establish the CICIH, an independent anti-corruption commission the Castro government hopes to have operating before June 2022.