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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.
Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers, Revolución (from Spanish: "Revolution") and Hoy ("Today"). [1] Publication of the newspaper began in February 1966. [2]
Agencia de Noticias Latinoamericana S.A. (Latin American News Agency), trading as Prensa Latina, is the official state news agency of Cuba, founded in March 1959 shortly after the Cuban Revolution. Overview
Prensa Libre, a daily publication in Havana, was the largest daily newspaper in Cuba. [1] The newspaper was occupied and confiscated on May 16, 1960, by the Cuban government. [2] Co-editors Ulises Carbó and Humberto Medrano, as well as Sergio Carbó, went into exile after the Prensa Libre was seized.
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.
El Diario Nueva York is the largest [2] and the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States. Published by ImpreMedia , the paper covers local, national and international news with an emphasis on Latin America , as well as human-interest stories, politics, business and technology, health, entertainment, and sports.
ABC is known for generally supporting conservative political views, [13] and defending the Spanish monarchy. [14] The paper has also a right-wing stance. [15] Its director since 1983, Luis María Ansón, left the paper in 1997; [9] he founded another daily, La Razón, which initially catered to even more conservative readers.
In 1981–1989, Cuba used so-called INTUR coins and cheques. Convertible foreign currency was exchanged into these cheques rather than the national currency, which could be used to buy some luxury goods not available for purchase in the national currency. Also, from 1985, Banco Nacional de Cuba issued foreign exchange certificates of various types.