Cuba faces challenges in ending dual currency - Buenos Aires Herald

Cuba faces challenges in ending dual currency Buenos Aires Herald Since the system was created in 1994, most islanders have been paid in national pesos worth 24 to the dollar in exchange houses, while tourists and the Cubans who attend to them receive a much more valuable peso pegged at 1-to-1 with the US greenback.

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