Honduras Daily by Location

Honduras commemorated its 205th independence day on September 15 with official ceremonies, the reading of the 1821 Act of Independence, and artillery salutes, as President Asfura called for Hondurans to achieve true independence through work and unity.

Ángel Bu, a midfielder with US, Honduran, and Bulgarian nationality who plays for Alexandria MLS Next, completed his first training camp with Honduras's Under-17 side as it prepares for the 2026 World Cup in Qatar.

José Francisco Molina, a Spanish coach, is preparing for his first match leading Honduras's national football team.

The Health Ministry's vice minister said the government asked the Medical College for a two-week grace period before paying roughly 300 contract and interim physicians their back wages, citing administrative delays and pending paperwork from the prior administration.

The government raised its subsidy of diesel and regular-gasoline price increases from 50% to 65%, spending about 1.3 billion lempiras (roughly $50 million) to shield consumers and transport from Middle East conflict–driven oil volatility.

José Inés Chinchilla resigned as president of Honduras's second-division Liga de Ascenso after his club, Olimpia Occidental, was removed from the league, triggering a search for a new board leadership.

Honduras's new BIEN digital wallet, which interconnects national databases for identity, security, and migration, was developed by a consortium led by International Technology Group (ITG), a firm linked to a multi-million-dollar Social Security contract under investigation and a cancelled customs deal, raising concerns about data protections in a country without a data-privacy law.

President Nasry Asfura said the government has completed payment of all biennial bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments owed to doctors through August 31, and is opening positions for specialist physicians to expand health-system capacity.

The National Agricultural Development Bank (Banadesa) faces overdue loans totaling nearly L3.8 billion—about 50% of its portfolio—including decades-old credits, limiting its financial sustainability and requiring a debt-recovery strategy.

Cenaos forecasts rain across nearly all of Honduras on Thursday due to an upper-level trough, with potential flooding risks in vulnerable areas.

Coach José Francisco Molina has selected his squad for Honduras's four CONCACAF Nations League matches, featuring the return of Jonathan Rubio after a four-year absence and the inclusion of rising prospect Dereck Moncada, who has scored five goals for Swiss club Lugano.

Honduras's pension and housing fund RAP has L3.86 billion (about $155 million) available for home loans this year, with RAP director Juan Carlos Sikaffy saying the fund aims to broaden access to housing credit for affiliated workers.

Ricardo Rodas, president of the IHSS doctors' association, says informational assemblies will continue until the Social Security Institute pays outstanding wages owed to temporary staff and approximately 400 physicians.

Honduras will face Surinam, Jamaica, and Martinica in the Concacaf Nations League starting late September, the first official test for newly hired Spanish coach José Francisco Molina, who was brought in to guide the country toward World Cup 2030 qualification after three consecutive failed campaigns.

Recent blackouts stem from multiple power plants not yet connected to the grid, a former ENEE manager said, while warning that extreme heat from a climate pattern called Super Niño and potential water shortages next year could worsen the energy crisis unless idle thermal and renewable units are brought online.

Community leader Isaac Dubón says Honduras's newly approved migrant-return and asset-protection law is stuck in Customs, Finance, and Foreign Affairs and demands the government explain the delay.

Honduras Central Bank auctioned $82.2 million in its weekly currency auction on September 14, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8830 per dollar for September 15–16.

The Central Bank of Honduras reminds researchers that applications for the Juan Manuel Gálvez Socioeconomic Research Prize close on September 18, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Diesel in Honduras reached an all-time high of 148.01 lempiras per gallon after nine consecutive weeks of increases, now exceeding the previous record for premium gasoline and pressuring prices across the economy.

President Nasry Asfura said his administration is analyzing whether to reinstate a state of exception—a measure that suspends ordinary law in targeted municipalities or departments—to strengthen security in zones with the highest violence, though he has not yet identified which areas would be affected.

The Foreign Ministry has repatriated 264 bodies of Hondurans who died abroad—mostly in the United States—in 2026, a 44% increase from 183 cases in the same period last year, while 173 additional repatriation requests remain pending.

Honduras's Health Ministry announced that most health facilities will remain open on September 15, with hospitals providing emergency services only, while primary-care centers and emergency clinics will operate normally during the independence-day holiday.

The national utility ENEE says no electricity outages are scheduled for September 15, Honduras's Independence Day, though planned maintenance resumes on September 16 after a two-day public holiday.

The Asfura administration will submit the 2027 general budget of approximately 457 billion lempiras to Congress on September 14, with lawmakers aiming to approve it before year-end.

An Oxfam report on the dry corridor spanning El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras warns that El Niño-linked drought has slashed grain harvests, killed livestock, reduced water access, and forced families to buy expensive food, hitting rural women and children hardest and raising malnutrition risk.

Former ENEE general manager Salomón Ordóñez warns that Honduras's largest hydroelectric reservoir has lost 50% of its generating capacity due to drought, with power-sector reform results expected in two to three years.

The head of Honduras's petroleum agency says the government's temporary fuel subsidy for September is L33.46 per gallon this week.

Honduras will see clear, warm conditions through mid-morning on September 15 before rain moves into the central region and south during the afternoon, with accumulations of 3–5 mm most places but 15–25 mm possible in parts of Olancho, Atlántida, and Comayagua.

COPECO's weather center forecasts rain across most of Honduras on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 inches) in central, eastern, northern, and western zones and lighter showers in the south, continuing Thursday.

A national water shortage driven by El Niño has cut rainfall in Tegucigalpa by 43%, prompting authorities to ration tap water to residents every 12 days and renew calls for dams, reforestation, and groundwater restrictions to address Honduras's chronic pattern of climate-crisis reactions.