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 policy of the United States with a fully accountable Central Bank," although the Federal Reserve has also consistently lobbied to maintain its independence and freedom of operation. By law, the goals of the Fed's monetary policy are: high employment, sustainable growth, and stable prices. Critics say that monetary policy in the United States has not achieved consistent success in meeting the goals that have been delegated to the Federal Reserve System by Congress. Congress began to review more options with regard to macroeconomic influence beginning in 1946 (after World War II), with the Federal Reserve receiving specific mandates in 1977 (after the country suffered a