Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy

The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …

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Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy

The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …

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Coronavirus in Cuba: 72 patients were discharged on a day with 48 new infections

Help us keep OnCuba alive On the thirteenth day without deaths, 48 people were diagnosed yesterday with the Sars-CoV-2 virus in Cuba, according to the information offered by the health authorities, which highlights the number of discharges: 72. The new positive cases are Cubans. 39 of them, were related to confirmed cases, and in nine …

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