Cayman has its own semi-precious stone, Caymanite. It is worked into attractive jewelry.
1988. 3,000 U.S. marines were dispatched to the region after a skirmish launched by the Nicaraguan regular forces chasing contras along the Honduras border. After the marines pullout in April, the state of emergency is decreed for the country’s two major cities: Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. The government attempts to rein in anti-American demonstrations on the heels of the deportation to the U.S. of an alleged drug-smuggling lord.
Cayman has its own semi-precious stone, Caymanite. It is worked into attractive jewelry.
