Honduras Starts Making Its Own License Plates

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 28, 2026 · Originally reported October 28, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Honduras has begun producing metal vehicle license plates in Tegucigalpa using German technology and will start handing them out November 4, clearing a backlog of 1.1 million plates that has forced drivers to rely on paper permits since 2023.

“Read in English” opens TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI) via Google Translate; “Leer en Español” opens the original. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

Also reported by: Once Noticias, Televicentro, Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

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