After insistence of IMF and a visit of Marco Rubio, President Bukele folded and withdrew Bitcoin’s status as El Salvador’s official currency. In December 2024 El Salvador took out a $1.4 IMF loan and in exchange agreed to reduce Bitcoin purchases, removed mandatory acceptance of
During the singing of the Gospel we have just witnessed the Paschal Candle being extinguished, symbolizing the Ascension of Christ to the Father, Forty Days after the Resurrection. Some paintings represent the scene of the Ascension showing us the Apostles looking upwards, where sometimes we
It should come as no surprise to any historian, geologist or anthropologist that recent Bay Islands history (1990s to the present) is consistent with its overall story.
Island communities centered their lives around trees for generations. Sometimes villages bordered forests, built homes in the shade of mango trees and planted coconuts to stabilize soil and earn income. The islanders’ relationship with trees was complex and ever evolving. “A society grows great when
Roatan is well on its way to creating an environment that allows for smooth Bitcoin transactions and makes Bitcoin investors comfortable doing business and investing in their future here. While the number of Bitcoin transactions is still small, it has grown from practically zero in
That Saturday was a good day to be running down gray squabs on the bar. The sea was as calm as an oil slick. The tide was low and the gravel bars had emerged. The gravel bars were a grayish-green, and some were in the
Mrs. Ana Cruz was born on July 26, 1924 in Oak Ridge as the only girl in a family of seven. Her mother was María Cruz of Trujillo and her father was Sinesto Hinds from San Pedro Sula. Mr. Sinesto lived in Belize for some
March 17 saw the deadliest air disaster in Roatan’s history. LANHSA Flight 018 from Roatan to La Ceiba crashed with 17 people on board. The accident took place around one kilometer from shore, directly south of the airport.
Roatan was probably ready for a university since the beginning of the 21st century. As the island’s population grew, there were several efforts at establishing a private and nonprofit university. Some of them came quite close to succeeding, but none lasted long.
“Satoshi Nakamoto,” the entity behind Bitcoin’s launch in January 2009, is now at least the 11th richest person in the world. Satoshi owns around 1.1 million Bitcoins that hit a record $111,000 price in May. Satoshi ranks somewhere between No. 10 rich man Sergey Brin,