2025 in Honduras
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Incumbents
- President: Xiomara Castro[1]
- First Vice President: Doris Gutiérrez
- Second Vice President: Vacant
- Third Vice President: Renato Florentino
- President of the National Congress: Luis Redondo
Events
January
- 1 January – President Xiomara Castro threatens to remove all US military bases from Honduras and seek to cancel the military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his threat to order mass deportations of Hondurans when he takes office.[2]
February
- 8 February – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras.[3]
- 18 February – President Castro announces an agreement to extend Honduras's extradition agreement with the United States.[4]
March
- 17 March – Aerolínea Lanhsa Flight 018, a light aircraft operated by Aerolínea Lanhsa crashes shortly after takeoff from Roatan, killing 12 of the 17 people on board including Garifuna musician Aurelio Martínez.[5]
July
- 24 July – Honduras mandates face masks again in public spaces amid a spike in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, and orders temporary remote work for state institutions.[6]
October
- 29 October – The Attorney-General's office opens an investigation into a leaked audio recording allegedly showing National Electoral Council member Cossette Lopez-Osorio conspiring with Armed Forces of Honduras to influence the results of the 2025 Honduran general election.[7]
November
- 28 November – US President Donald Trump promise to pardon former President Juan Orlando Hernández—a member of the National Party—who is currently serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking. [8]
- 30 November – 2025 Honduran general election[9]
December
- 2 December – Former president Juan Orlando Hernandez is released from prison in the United States after receiving a pardon from US president Donald Trump.[10]
- 8 December – The Attorney-General's office issues an arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernandez.[11]
- 19 December – The Trump administration imposes sanctions on National Electoral Council member Marlon Ochoa and Electoral Justice Tribunal magistrate Mario Morazán, accusing them of interfering with the counting of results from the 2025 Honduran general election.[12]
- 24 December – 2025 Honduran general election: The National Electoral Council declares Nasry Asfura as winner of the presidential election with a voting plurality of 40.3% following a long-delayed count.[13]
Holidays
Source:[14]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 18–20 April – Holy Week
- 14 April – Americas Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 3 October – Francisco Morazán Birthday
- 12 October – Day of the Race
- 21 October – Army Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
- 17 March – Aurelio Martínez, 55, musician[5]
- 30 October – Juan Matta-Ballesteros, 80, convicted drug trafficker and murderer[15]
References
- ^ "Xiomara Castro toma posesión como nueva presidenta de Honduras" [Xiomara Castro takes office as the new president of Honduras]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Honduras Threatens to Expel U.S. Military Bases Over Trump's Deportation Plans". The Tico Times. 2 January 2025. Archived from the original on 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Tsunami alerts cancelled after 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Caribbean". BBC. 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Honduras reaches agreement to extend extradition treaty with the US". Al Jazeera . 18 February 2025.
- ^ a b "12 killed in Honduras plane crash, including Garifuna musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo". AP News. 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Honduras mandates face masks again as respiratory illnesses spike". Reuters. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Honduras election council member accuses colleague of 'intimidation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
- ^ Stepansky, Joseph. "Trump says will pardon former Honduras leader before presidential vote". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "Hondurans vote in election shadowed by Trump aid threats". BBC. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández released from US prison after Trump pardon". BBC. 2025-12-02. Archived from the original on 2025-12-02.
- ^ "Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernandez after US pardon". Al Jazeera2. 2025-12-09.
- ^ "Trump administration restricts 2 Honduran election officials' visas over special vote count". AP News. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ Whitehead, Jamie (24 December 2025). "Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election". BBC. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduras Public Holidays". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros en cárcel de Estados Unidos". La Prensa. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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