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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 ...
Between 1965 and 1976, the ministry was abolished and its functions passed to the Central Bank of Cuba. Between 1976 and 1994, these functions were transferred to the State Finance Committee. Finally, in 1994, the State Finance Committee merged with the State Price Committee to form the current Ministry of Finance and Prices.
The Cuban peso (in Spanish peso cubano, ISO 4217 code: CUP) also known as moneda nacional, is the official currency of Cuba.. The Cuban peso historically circulated at par with the Spanish-American silver dollar from the 16th to 19th centuries, and then at par with the U.S. dollar from 1881 to 1959.
From 1970 to 1980, the Soviet Union was fully immersed in Cuba's economic affairs. [12] In 1972, Cuba joined the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, COMECON, [12] and by the end of the 1980s, 85% of Cuba's foreign trade was with members of COMECON. [11] From 1985 to 1989, 74.4% of all Cuban exports were sugar and related products. [13]
The Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia was the first thaler (dollar). Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies.The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives.
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 ...
Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.
San Cristóbal is a municipality and city which since 2011 has been included in Artemisa Province of Cuba. It was previously part of Pinar del Río Province . Demographics