Cuba s Back

Obama s Cuban Breakthrough

Havana Times (an on island blog) provided a bit of context to the situation

Correos de Cuba, Cuban postal service kiosk.

CENESEX is trying to convince the Cuban parliament to legalize same sex marriage.

191 million pesos every day. Nearly 8 million pesos per hour.

The cost amounted to twelve pesos.

He did one great thing resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.

If the external balance deteriorates further, the economy will be in for a hard landing.

The peso is now grossly overvalued.

Tokay Geckos worth millions of pesos

100,000 payment for the fishermen of Chiloé?

He lent me 30 pesos.

He has only four pesos.

I have a hundred pesos.

Now 0.00 will be deducted from you.

I'd like to change these pesos, please.

I need to exchange dollars for pesos.

Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán ( February 6, 1932 October 28, 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Lawton, Havana.

Fearing a weaker peso, spooked investors demand dollars.

Billions of pesos spent on Peña s image.

If they are forestry technicians, it can reach up to 14,000.

Previous amount 3,995.00 (US 79.90)

Overall additional expenses 135.30 (US 2.70)

At most, it'll cost ten pesos.

It'll cost at least a hundred pesos.

It'll cost at least a hundred pesos.

The monthly average income of Sinaloa workers was, until September, 5.352 pesos, well below the national average, that is of 7.375 pesos.

PIDS define middle income families as those living between four to 10 times the poverty line 31,560 (US 631.20) to 78,900 (US 1,578) per month or 1,052 (US 21) to 2,630 (US 52.60) per day. It thus becomes clear in this example that the tax reform takes with the right hand what is given with the left.

This is your government telling you that your human rights is worth only P 1,000.

It'll cost at least a hundred pesos.

But democracy has shown weakness and the Cuban regime has in turn adapted its tactics.

An owner can earn up to 4,000 Mexican pesos a month as a basic salary.

Under the tax reform you will give 0.00 for the public!

When in 1991 Argentina tied the peso to the dollar and prevented its central bank from printing pesos freely, the world applauded with good reason.

This destroyed what little confidence in the banking system remained. As foreign reserves continued to plummet, the peso's devaluation became inevitable.

Amount due to the tax reform 4,130.30 (US 82.60)

The Peso is collapsing in value, and the bank system remains frozen.

During a month, an employee on minimum wage receives 2,018.70 pesos ( 151.00 USD approximately) while the President Enrique Peña Nieto makes 142,117.76 pesos a month ( 10,685.00 USD) according to official records.

They advocate changes to Cuban law that eradicate discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender.

Meanwhile, Argentina's neighbor and Mercosur trading partner, Brazil, saw its currency depreciate some say that it became significantly undervalued.

The dollar, to which Argentina's peso was tied, increased sharply in value.

That means people in Mexico City spend at least 10 pesos a day almost 15 percent of the minimum wage income getting to and from work.

Using these estimates with the Dagdag Gastos calculator, we see that a poor family with a 5,000 ( 100) monthly income would actually pay an additional 135.30 (US 2.70) expenses from the new taxes on top of the 3,995 (US 79.90) total expenses before the new taxes are imposed.

The Cuban Triangle, who trusts that the focus of the trip will remain economic, raises the issue of the Mariel port project and says of the possibility of Brazilian companies investing in ethanol production in Cuba Let s hope that s the case.