Lempira (Lenca ruler) in 1537. Historical accounts of Lempira differ. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, whose account was published in "Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos ..." (1626), in Seville, Spain, identifies Lempira as a war captain appointed by Entipica, leader of the Cares, a named subgroup of the Lenca. Herrera reports that Lempira, whose name means something like "Lord of the Mountains" in Lenca, commanded over 30,000 soldiers from over 200 different Lenca towns. In 1537, there were widespread indigenous uprisings in Honduras, and the Cares were one group that revolted against Spanish rule. The Spaniards, on instruction from their
Monetary Authority of Macao Monetary Authority of Macao The Monetary Authority of Macao also known as Monetary Authority of Macau (, abbr. as AMCM; ) is the central bank of Macau. The regulatory institution established on December 20, 1999, upon the transfer of the sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China as the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). It was formerly known as the "Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority of Macao" (, abbr. as AMCM), which was created on July 1, 1989. According to decree-law no. 14/96/M of 11 March, the Monetary Authority of Macao carries the following major statutory