Nervous Cubans swap Yankee dollars for pesos
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Cubans jammed banks and exchange kiosks to swap their dollars for local pesos on Thursday, as the communist government, retaliating for tightened sanctions, moved
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It is the closest you get to a capitalist stock market in communist-run Cuba: dozens of wealthy merchants bidding high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars.
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The Oakland Athletics and Florida Marlins have been swapping high-priced, established players for affordable-but-unproven prospects.
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The business world is populated with successful Cuban-Americans who left their homeland as children when Fidel Castro took power. But even before Carlos Gutierrez was
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What emotion Fidel Castroâs announcement elicited was on the sly, under the eye of a heavy police presence.
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Cuba is planning to ban the use of US dollars on the communist Caribbean island in answer to tighter US sanctions. Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced his decision on Monday
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JARUCO, Cuba  - Down on the ranch, the talk among the cattle hands is that help is on its way.
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Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge.
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One of five Cuban dissidents who have been released from prison this week has been told he should consider leaving the country. The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that writer Raul
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As the Mets continued waiting for a counterproposal from Pedro MartÃ­nez, it became obvious that they may need more than money to lure him.
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US Dollar ended transactions in Cuba on Monday under an order by the authorities. From Monday dollar transactions in stores, hotels, restaurants and other business, which have
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The government has taken US dollars out of circulation following the recent tightening of US sanctions against Cuba.
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Cuba announced Monday that US dollars will no longer be accepted at stores or other businesses on the communist island starting next month in a move that will radically change the way
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Cigar aficionados should not expect to see ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro strut out to greet them at the annual Habanos festival, but they will be able to bid for humidors signed by him.
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Gilberto Sago remembers the time, before the collapse of the Soviet Union thrust Cuba's economy into crisis, when a pound of pork cost just four Cuban pesos, or about 15 cents.
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Cubans are increasingly talking in the past tense about Fidel Castro, the man who governed their lives for 47 years.
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Despite its reputation as a producer of fine cigars, Cuba is preparing to ask smokers to step outside before lighting up.