Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy

The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …

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Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy

The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …

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