Business & Economy

Cuba Has Tourism Dilemma over Passports

Travel agencies selling tickets from the United States to Cuba are trying to prevent Cubans with expired passports from boarding planes to the island, after the Cuban government hardened its requirement on revalidated passports. The situation mainly affects travel by Cuban-Americans.

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Heineken’s Brief Reign in Havana

Heineken has been the top-selling beer in Havana for some days now. The city’s Carlos III shopping mall, possibly the largest in the country, appears to have no other beer brand in stock, and one runs into the familiar green bottle at every street corner in the capital.

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Cuba Establishes Special Exchange Rate for Mariel Employees

Workers employed at Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) will be paid 80 percent of the salaries agreed to under their contracts between the Cuban government’s employment agencies and the investors. The payments are to be made in Cuban pesos (CUP), under an extraordinary exchange rate of 10 CUP to 1 Cuban Convertible Peso (or CUC).

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