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The Bank of Honduras and the Banco Atlantida issued the first lempira banknotes in 1932. They were in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 lempiras. The Central Bank of Honduras took over production of paper money in 1950, introducing 50 and 100 lempiras notes in 1950, followed by the 500-lempiras note in 1995.
The Lempira (currency) was devaluing for many years, but stabilized at L19 to the United States dollar in 2005. The Honduran people are among the poorest in Latin America ; gross national income per capita (2007) is US$1,649; the average for Central America is $6,736. [ 16 ]
The peso was the currency of Honduras between 1862 and 1931. [1] History ... The peso was replaced in 1931 by the lempira at par. Coins
The Central Bank of Honduras (Spanish: Banco Central de Honduras) was established on 1 July 1950. [2] The president of the bank is appointed by President of Honduras for a term of four years. [ 3 ] The current bank president is Rebeca Santos.
A former Honduran presidential candidate who confessed to laundering drug money arrived in his home country on Friday afternoon, after serving a three-year sentence in a U.S. prison. "I spent the ...
Lempira (Lenca ruler) (died 1537), 16th century leader of the Lenca peoples of Central America, who led local resistance against the Spanish conquistadores; Honduran lempira, unit of currency; Puerto Lempira, the capital of the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios; Lempira Department, the Honduran political division; Lempira F.C., a Honduran ...
The United States Food and Drugs Administration is warning pet owners about a common medication given to pets to treat arthritis. The F.D.A. now says that the drug Librela may be associated with ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.