What is El Toque’s Currency Rate Watch Good For?
Generally-speaking, users surveyed agreed that the rate was easy to use and well presented. Many use it to make buy/sell decisions.
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Business & Economy
Russian Tourists Returning to Cuba as of October
Nordwind Airlines is expected to use a similar route as recent flights to Venezuela that avoided European airspace.
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Three Nicaraguans Businesses Succeed Amid Economic Disaster
Three small business owners in Managua, Masaya and Catarina tell how they’ve managed to maintain their businesses amid the crisis.
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Cubans Wait All Night to Buy Cheaper Dollars
The night begins to cool off in Santa Clara and, the “coleros” [who stand in line for others, for pay] arrive in front of the change house…
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Spanish Businesses Want Legal Security if Investing in Cuba
The discrete opening to foreign market investment announced by the Cuban government this month has piqued the interest of Spanish businesses,
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Cuban Gov. Admits Problems with Rationed Bread Rolls
The crisis with the distribution of bread rolls comes at a time of scarcity and shortages of other basic products and medicines.
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Electric Generators for Blackout Weary Cubans with Money
The energy deficit, due to the poor state of the thermoelectric plants and the lack of fuel, has plunged Cubans into darkness.
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A Tour of the Closed Hotels in a Havana with Few Tourists
The remains of a sparkling, effervescent, city are fading. It’s a Havana that exists only in old photos & silhouettes of its closed hotels.
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The Cuban Government’s Endless Chase after US Dollars
The Cuban Government’s problem is that the national currency has been devalued and their currency unification policy has partially failed…
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Cuban Dollar Stores Sell Imported Vegetables, Why?
Even the state-run newspaper Granma asks why Cuban farm products are not being sold in the establishments selling with USD prices.
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