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In 1981–1989, Cuba used so-called INTUR coins and cheques. Convertible foreign currency was exchanged into these cheques rather than the national currency, which could be used to buy some luxury goods not available for purchase in the national currency. Also, from 1985, Banco Nacional de Cuba issued foreign exchange certificates of various types.
The Cuban peso (in Spanish peso cubano, ISO 4217 code: CUP) also known as moneda nacional, is the official currency of Cuba.. The Cuban peso historically circulated at par with the Spanish-American silver dollar from the 16th to 19th centuries, and then at par with the U.S. dollar from 1881 to 1959.
DolarToday was founded on May 18, 2010. It is headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States.Prior to the election of Nicolás Maduro in 2013, DolarToday was the second most popular exchange rate reference in Venezuela, behind Lechuga Verde.
Cuba announced tough economic measures for 2024 that include raising prices for basic services and cutting subsidies on staples, alarming many in Havana. Cubans express alarm after government ...
On Monday, Cuba's foreign ministry issued a statement saying it had summoned Benjamin Ziff, the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, to a meeting with deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio.
In Cuba between 1993 and 2004, a dollar store (Spanish: tienda de dólares), officially Tiendas de Recaudación de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Collection Shops") or Tiendas Recuperadoras de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Recovery Shops"), was a government-owned shop that sold goods solely in exchange for hard currency, originally mainly to foreigners and tourists, in the same way as a friendship ...
El Sentinel, also known as El Sentinel de Orlando, was a weekly Spanish-language newspaper published in Orlando, Florida by Tribune Publishing.It was a sister paper to the Orlando Sentinel and catered to Central Florida's Hispanic communities, a population that had grown significantly in size since the 1980s, discussing news, entertainment, and sports.
The Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Cuba to the United States of America. It is located at 2630 16th Street Northwest, in the Meridian Hill neighborhood. [1] The building was originally constructed in 1917 as the Cuban embassy, [2] and served in that capacity until the United States severed relations with Cuba in ...