Blackouts Cost Small Businesses Up to L15 Million a Day

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 9, 2026 · Originally reported June 8, 2026 by Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Frequent blackouts are crippling Honduras's micro, small, and medium-sized businesses, which report estimated daily losses of 15 million lempiras (about $600,000) as outages lasting up to six hours halt production and sales.

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