In 2002 Guatemala officially declared the U.S. dollar as legal tender to circulate in parallel to the national currency, the quetzal. This is not likely to last for long as the quetzal is not widely accepted and is considered a weak store of value.

Kenneth Clarke yesterday intensified his assault on Iain Duncan Smith when he dismissed his rival for the Tory leadership as a rightwing hanger and flogger.

Nevertheless, they are often in critical situations along the main development axes and in urban centres - for instance, in Bucharest and other large cities, on Prahova Valley, Mures Valley etc.

The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation.