{
  "id": 10896321,
  "title": "Honduras 2027 Budget Draft Keeps Congress and Presidency Spending Secret",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/honduras-2027-budget-draft-keeps-congress-and-presidency-spending",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:25:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/honduras-2027-budget-secrecy-congress-presidency-condepor-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The draft budget for Honduras in 2027 proposes to keep spending by Congress, the Presidency, and the sports commission, Condepor, secret for another year. According to the news site Criterio, this clause, Article 109, already applies to the current year's approved 2026 budget. The clause, found in the general provisions of the budget, covers budget allocations and spending for institutions 1, 20, and 413, which correspond to the National Congress, the Presidency of the Republic, and Condepor. The secrecy applies under Article 17 of the Transparency and Access to Public Information Law, which classifies the information as reserved. While this clause was added in the 2026 budget, it was not present in the draft 2026 budget sent by the previous government in September 2025. If Congress passes the Article 109 unchanged, the secrecy would extend to the 2027 fiscal year, making it a two-year practice.",
  "summary": "Article 109 of the Honduras 2027 budget draft classifies spending by Congress, the Presidency and sports body Condepor as reserved, repeating a 2026 clause. The post Honduras 2027 Budget Draft Keeps Congress and Presidency Spending Secret appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}