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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), also known as Bridges–Good syndrome, chronic granulomatous disorder, and Quie syndrome, [1] is a diverse group of hereditary diseases in which certain cells of the immune system have difficulty forming the reactive oxygen compounds (most importantly the superoxide radical due to defective phagocyte NADPH oxidase) used to kill certain ingested pathogens. [2]
Bank name [1] Year founded No. branches (Domestic) No. branches (International) Banco de Crédito y Comercio: 1997: Banco de Inversiones: 1996: Banco Exterior de Cuba: 1999: Banco Financiero Internacional: 1984: Banco Industrial de Venezuela-Cuba: 2005: Banco Internacional de Comercio: 1993: Banco Metropolitano: 1996: Banco Nacional de Cuba ...
CGD acquired majority control of Banco Internacional de São Tomé e Príncipe. CGD sold Banco Bandeirantes to Brazil's Unibanco in return for a 12% share in Unibanco. At the time, CGD held a 4.6% stake in Banco Itaú, which it was forced to give up under conflict of interest rules. 2001 — CGD opened a branch in Dili, East Timor.
Cuentapropista (Spanish: kwen.t̪a.pɾo.ˈpis.t̪a) is a Cuban term for a person who lives from his own business and is a "non-state" worker. [1] [2] The term is often used in Argentina and Uruguay as well, however, in most other Spanish-speaking countries, this would be referred to as a "trabajador por cuenta propia" and/or "trabajador autónomo".
The Central Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Central de Cuba, BCC) is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Nacional de Cuba ), which was established on 23 December 1948 [ 2 ] and began operations on 27 April 1950.
The internet in Cuba covers telecommunications in Cuba including the Cuban grassroots wireless community network and Internet censorship in Cuba. Since its introduction in the late 1990s, Cuban Internet has stalled because of lack of funding, [ 1 ] tight government restrictions, [ 2 ] and the U.S. embargo , especially the Torricelli Act .
Cuba is listed as "not free" in the Freedom on the Net 2018 report from Freedom House, with an overall score of 79 out of 100 where 100 is the least free. [3] This is the fifth highest score out of the 65 countries ranked, below China, Iran, Syria, and Ethiopia. Cuba has been listed as "not free" each year since the reports started in 2009.
In 2015, Cuba entered into negotiations over its $11.1 billion debt to 14 members of the Paris Club. In December 2015, the parties announced an agreement - Paris Club nations agreed to forgive $8.5 billion of the $11.1 billion total debt, mostly by waiving interest, service charges, and penalties accrued over the more than two decades of non ...