the eagerness of the Cuban government for absolute control of the dollars

CyberCuba published on Thursday, exclusively, that the Western Union company is assessing the possibility of delivering in US dollars (USD) remittances sent to people in Cuba, which would allow both to make direct deposits in the new magnetic cards enabled for payment in the stores of home appliances in foreign currency. So far these deliveries … Read more

They blame the US embargo on shortages in Cuban dollarized stores

In the central province of Sancti Spíritus what happens in most of the territories that already have stores for the sale of household and automotive equipment in freely convertible currency (MLC), the two commercial establishments located in the town of Yayabo are distinguished by High demand and shortage. An article recently published by the provincial … Read more

Cubans fill social networks with the image of the first full moon of 2020

Last Friday, January 10, the first full moon of the year occurred, and its presence in the clear sky of Cuba motivated Internet users from all over the Island to capture and upload images of the celestial body in all its splendor to social networks. The first full moon of the year is also known … Read more

ETECSA gives refills of 5 CUC to the 500 most active users in Transfermóvil

The Cuban telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA, has just launched an award consisting of 5 CUC recharges to the 500 users in the country that have carried out the largest number of financial operations through the Transfermóvil application during 2019. This was announced on Friday from the institutional profile of Cubacel on the social network Twitter, where … Read more

Cuban banks will allow to extract dollars from the new magnetic cards only when cash is available

The new magnetic cards in foreign currencies will allow Cubans to withdraw cash in dollars, but the bank will not guarantee when it will have the money ready for delivery to customers, state banking authorities said. The Central Bank of Cuba published this Tuesday a group of indications on the use of magnetic cards associated … Read more