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Cuba targets dual currency system where waiters out-earn lawyers, but easier ... Washington Post The two Cuban pesos have been circulating in parallel since 1994, when the loss of billions in Soviet trade and subsidies forced Cuba to reluctantly open the economy to tourism, while trying to insulate most islanders from its capitalist effects ... Cuba faces challenges in push to end dual currency

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