Michelle J. Price
Elian GonzalesRefugees escaping Cuba
Street Musicians
Convertible Peso Traditional Peso US Dollar Euro
Government Owned Havana, Cuba Prints both traditional and convertible pesos Reorganized May
Diplotiendas/Dollar Stores Black Market
Dictator for over 40 yearsMinister of Industry
US imposes trade embargo: Cuba’s quest to support their own economy begins. Cuban gov’t nationalized agriculture and industry and expropriated US businesses w/o compensation Convertible peso introduced Guevara leaves Cuba. Economy, on verge of collapse, returned to sugar industry Soviet Union stops trading with Cuba US dollar legalized
Effective 27/10/2004 British Pound GBP Canadian Dollar CAD Swiss Franc CHF Yapanese Yen JPY USA Dollar USD Mexican Peso MXP Danish Krone DKK Norway Krone NOK Euro EUR Australian Dollar AUD “Convertible” CUC Cuban Peso Can “trade in” convertible pesos for dollars, etc. Could save/invest convertible pesos 10% Tax on dollar purchases Giving value to the convertible peso
Strengthening the convertible peso or weakening the economy? November 8, 2004