Cuba dollar tax comes into force
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A retaliatory 10% tax on exchange operations involving US dollars comes into force in Cuba on Monday.
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BUCK STOPS HERE: Cuba announces that dollars will no longer be accepted in stores and businesses, saying it is trying to regain control of its economy as Washington cracks down on the flow of the U.S. currency to Cuba. A convertible peso will be put in circulation.
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Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 7    HAVANA -- Integrating Latin America is the focus of debate on Tuesday amongst nearly 1,500 delegates from 43 nations attending an economic forum in Cuba's capital Havana.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro, seeking to  rid his country of the currency of his arch-enemy, said on  Monday Cuba was ending circulation of the U.S. dollar as of  Nov. 8 in response to tightened American sanctions.
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Cuba announced Monday that U.S. dollars will no longer be accepted at businesses and stores on the communist island starting next month in a move that will radically change the way cash transactions have been done there over the past decade.
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Communist Cuba said "adios" to the Yankee dollar that shored up its struggling economy for a decade, launching a two-week process Tuesday to eliminate the U.S. currency from circulation in its stores and businesses in response to stepped-up American sanctions.
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Cubans today evacuated their homes and waited for Hurricane Ivan, which has gained strength, to hit the island with 260kmph (160mph) winds and a storm surge of up to 7.5 metres (25 feet).
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The US dollar, after a decade as the dominant currency for buying everything from shampoo to canned food to furniture, is no longer accepted in Cuba as of yesterday.
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HAVANA -- Cuba on Monday signed contracts to buy $10 million of US wheat and meat products, and $300,000 of American dairy cattle, launching a new round of deals for US farm products projected to reach $150 million.
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Communist Cuba said adios yesterday to the Yankee dollar that shored up its struggling economy for a decade, launching a two-week process to eliminate the US currency from its stores
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After a decade as the dominant currency to buy everything from shampoo to canned food to furniture, the U.S. dollar was eliminated from circulation Monday in Cuba.
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Retaliating against the US diplomatic mission&#39;s Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents, the Cuban government put up a billboard yesterday
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Cuba's communist government said it would defend itself against U.S. attempts to take advantage of Fidel Castro's health crisis as some exiles urged Washington to go further in fostering a democratic transition on the island.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared on television Monday with an arm sling to give weight to an announcement on the ban of transactions in US dollars in his country.
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HAVANA - With Ra&#xFA;l Castro in charge, Cuba has raised payments to milk and meat producers, is paying off its debts to farmers, and has stopped blocking the import of parts needed to keep vintage cars rumbling along.
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Despite pressure from members of Congress and business groups, the United States has no plans to soften its policies toward Cuba as the island heads into the post-Fidel Castro era, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.
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Cuba announced on Monday that it was  ending circulation of the U.S. dollar in its territory as of  Nov. 8 in response to tightened U.S. economic sanctions.