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It is also said that, "Cuba was one of the first 'developing' countries to connect to the WWW." [ 5 ] The Cuban Government has also been investing in more internet access for the people, with the use of ETECSA , a service that the citizens could pay 1 CUC (equivalent to an American Dollar) for one hour of internet use.
No. branches in Cuba Other Operations Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria: Spain: Banco Sabadell: Spain: Bankia [citation needed] Spain: BPCE International et Outre-Mer: France: Fransabank: Lebanon: Havin Bank Ltd. United Kingdom: National Bank of Canada: Canada: 0: Representative office in Cuba since 1995 and in Cuba since 1928 Republic Bank ...
Every year since 1933, seasonal immigrants from Haiti have arrived to work the sugar harvest in the Dominican Republic.The migrants are lodged in rooms at the batey, sometimes with no facilities, and expected to work cropping sugar cane in long days with hard hours.
A Cuban passport (Spanish: Pasaporte cubano) is an identity document issued to citizens of Cuba to facilitate international travel. They are valid for 10 years from the date of issuance, before they used to be valid for 6 years and had to be validated every 2 years.
The Central Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Central de Cuba - "BCC") functions as the central bank of Cuba. The Cuban government set it up in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Nacional de Cuba - BNC). Francisco Soberón Valdés served as the Bank's President from its creation until he stepped down ...
It originated as the Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba (Confederation of Cuban Workers) in 1939 and changed its name to the Central Union of Cuban Workers in 1961. [ 1 ] The CTC unites 19 sectoral unions, organised in more than 81,000 workplaces, with elected municipal, provincial and national committees for each union, with all Cuban ...
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 ...
Panoramic view of Plaza de la Revolución and central Havana – MININT's building is in the left, next to Che Guevara sculpture by Enrique Ávila.. The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior de la República de Cuba), also known as MININT, is the Cuban government ministry which oversees the home affairs of Cuba.