| Plastic roses and carnations grace the alcove, along with a flutter of lempira notes, the country's currency, left for the poor. |
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| Most of the banks are in Coxen Hole, a town by the airport, and they do not have ATM's, but will advance lempira to Visa holders. |
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| The capital letter L is used as the currency sign for the Albanian lek and the Honduran lempira. |
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| Prices are calculated at 15 lempira to the dollar. |
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| Thus it was renamed sol in Peru, bolivar in Venezuela, sucre in Ecuador, colón in El Salvador and Costa Rica, balboa in Panama, lempira in Honduras, quetzal in Guatemala, córdoba in Nicaragua, and boliviano in Bolivia. |
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| The dollar and Honduran lempira are both widely used on Roatán. |
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| For many years, for example, Leggol had a working agreement with the international SOS-Kinderdorf foundation in Austria, relying on them for 10 million lempira each year. |
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| The mayor of the Honduran city of Puerto Lempira, population 11,000, estimates that 1,400 injured divers live in the area. |
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| The closest doctor is another hour and a half by car in Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios' capital city. |
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