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Oscar Fernandez Estrada

Return to the US Dollar in Cuba: What about the CUC?

November 8, 2019

The bulls are loose. Days after the decision to dollarize segments of Cuba’s durable goods market, the CUC (Cuba’s convertible currency) depreciated by 10 to 20 percent.

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Shopping in Cuba and the Stubborn Addiction of Consumers

October 11, 2019October 12, 2019

A person goes to the market. It might be a father or mother, young or old, maybe a government employee, or someone who’s unemployed, a housewife, a business owner, or a journalist … a Cuban.

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Mexico’s AMLO Says U.S. Should Not Exclude Other Nations from Summit of the Americas

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