Honduras Daily by Location

The Supreme Court of Justice submitted a draft law to Congress to reestablish the Judicial Council, a body dissolved a decade ago after constitutional challenges, as part of efforts to reorganize the judiciary's administration and discipline.

Jorge Moreira da Silva, the UN's deputy secretary-general and executive director of UNOPS, said the agency will push for transparent, competitive procurement processes in Honduras while expanding collaboration on infrastructure, renewable energy, and climate resilience.

Honduras's Property Institute reminded businesses and individuals that restaurants, hotels, and others cannot show 2026 World Cup matches without authorization from rights holders, and private viewers cannot retransmit games on social media or video platforms, on pain of fines.

The National Professional Training Institute (Infop) is opening enrollment for free virtual courses in Excel, project management, digital skills, and entrepreneurship, with classes beginning June 15 and running weekdays for two weeks.

Honduras and the World Bank will launch a program to provide technical training to roughly 200,000 small-scale coffee producers nationwide, aiming to boost productivity and competitiveness in a key sector of the economy.

The European Union is backing Honduras with a €6 million non-repayable grant aimed at reducing investment risk, attracting private capital, and integrating the country into its Global Gateway infrastructure strategy, EU ambassador Gonzalo Fournier Conde said.

Honduras's property-rights authority announced it will fine restaurants, hotels, and other businesses that broadcast 2026 World Cup matches without authorization from licensed rights holders, and warned fans against sharing content on social media or group platforms.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government has temporarily moved nighttime pothole-repair work to daytime hours because of heavy rain affecting the capital, aiming to maintain road maintenance while minimizing traffic disruption.

Karim Qubain, president of the Honduran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIC), warned that ongoing land invasions in rural and urban areas undermine legal security and discourage job-creating investment, calling on the government to expand social programs and job opportunities.

Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López, councillors of Honduras's National Electoral Council, have requested a one-year leave beginning July 1, requiring Congress to appoint temporary replacements from a previous pool of vetted candidates.

The US Embassy in Tegucigalpa has advised American citizens traveling to or residing in Honduras to ensure vaccinations are current and carry proof of immunization, as regional measles cases have prompted stricter health screening and possible quarantine measures at borders.

Samuel Rodríguez, a renewable energy generator, said electricity rates are due for adjustment because high fuel prices driven by the US-Iran conflict are raising energy production costs.

The Honduran Association of Electricity Producers warns that structural inefficiencies—including theft, non-payment, and infrastructure losses—are forcing citizens to bear rising costs, and urges competitive market reforms to improve service and lower prices.

Honduras's social-development ministry launched an online application platform for its National Scholarship Program, offering over 8,000 monthly grants of 4,000 lempiras (about $160) to university students with a GPA above 80%.

Patients returned to hospitals and clinics after physicians and the government reached a deal ending ten days of labor protests, though appointment backlogs, medicine shortages, and long wait times persist.

Genesis Energías' liquefied natural gas plant in Puerto Cortés, contracted to supply power to Brassavola, faces its fourth consecutive delay and has not yet won Congressional approval, with operations now pushed to July despite missing a two-year construction timeline that ended in 2024.

Hugo Maldonado, president of Honduras's human rights committee CODEH, is calling on a Congressional commission to approve a decree imposing life sentences for anyone who kills prosecutors, police officers, judges, journalists, or human rights defenders.

Official data from the Security Ministry shows 4,542 women were killed violently between 2014 and April 2026—roughly one per day—with intimate-partner violence, personal feuds, and organized crime among the primary causes.

Marathón goalkeeper César Samudio, playing for Panama's national team, is the sole player from Honduras's Liga Nacional at the 2026 World Cup, with Panama set to debut against Ghana on June 17.

Honduras's engineering college says a draft reform to the national electricity law could threaten sector stability by exempting state-owned subsidiaries from traditional asset controls and lacks binding mechanisms to address endemic technical and non-technical losses.

The Central Bank of Honduras allocated $85.1 million in its June 11 currency auction, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.6929 per dollar for June 12.

A legislative commission convened mining officials and environmental agencies to discuss attracting investment in responsible mining and streamlining approval processes, with the Natural Resources Ministry citing 2.647 billion lempiras in recent mining investment and approximately 2,000 jobs.

Honduras's apparel-manufacturing sector has created roughly 2,000 new jobs in recent months and reported fewer mass layoff announcements, though unions warn that thousands remain jobless and call for dialogue to accelerate rehiring.

A cross-border investigation by Latin American journalists found that environmental defenders in Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, and Panama face coordinated online harassment, doxxing, and death threats designed to discredit them, yet most countries lack adequate legal protections against digital violence.

The National Congress has failed to respond to transparency requests for information on institutional advertising spending, deputy travel allowances, and legislative social programs, violating the 10-business-day legal deadline.

The European Investment Bank has offered up to 15 billion lempiras (roughly $600 million) to finance Honduras's transmission networks and renewable energy, EU Ambassador Gonzalo Fournier announced at a meeting with Congress leaders.

Honduras's Social Development Ministry opened applications June 11 for its National Scholarship Program, offering financial support for undergraduate and graduate students aged 17–40 with a minimum 80% academic average who meet income and residency requirements.

The union representing ENEE employees opposes splitting the state utility into three private companies and proposes instead an internal reorganization by distribution, operation, transmission, and generation aimed at reducing losses while keeping the utility public.

Persistent rainfall has saturated soils across central and western Honduras, prompting authorities to warn of heightened risk for landslides, flooding, and falling trees in vulnerable communities; one tree fell on a house in Tegucigalpa causing structural damage.

The national power utility announced scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs Friday, June 12, affecting neighborhoods across Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and the north coast during different hours, including the National Stadium and major commercial zones.