Activists arrested in Havana for trying to pay in national currency

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HAVANA, June 27, 2008. An activist couple, who recently participated in an act of civil disobedience at a Havana restaurant, were detained today following a mass State police operation that included a search of the couple’s home.   Lázaro Joaquín Alonso Román, executive director of the ex-prisoners of conscience Pedro Luis Boitel organization, was arrested in plain view upon leaving his mother’s home. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Following his arrest, the political police staged an operation outside of his home where they carried out a search of the property.

Oct 28, 2008 - 2:47:24 PM Read more

Why Women Now Lead the Dissident Fight in Cuba

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Only a handful of political activists are willing to risk fighting for basic freedoms. But more ordinary Cubans, they say, are asking how to get involved.


Jul 27, 2008 - 11:48:20 AM Read more

More peso protests reported in Havana

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(The Miami Herald) Alfonso Chardy-   The Cuban dissident group Federation of Latin American Rural Women, known for its Spanish-language acronym of Flamur, has staged several other protests in government-controlled sales outlets demanding to pay for goods and services in regular Cuban pesos. Places frequented by foreign travelers such as major restaurants or drug stores only accept payments in so-called convertible pesos which is a parallel currency tied to foreign money such as dollars or euros. For months Flamur has been spearheading a campaign dubbed Con la Misma Moneda or With the Same Currency aimed at forcing the Cuban government to accept regular

Jul 20, 2008 - 1:58:19 AM Read more

It's Not Time to Alleviate Wrongs; It's Time to Eradicate Them

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Belinda Salas Tapanes President FLAMUR in Cuba

Since the early nineties in which the dual currency was introduced in Cuba , Cubans have been relegated to live as second class citizens in their own country, marginalizing places to visit just for domestic tourism.

 
 
 

Jan 23, 2009 - 7:44:48 AM Read more

The Problem of Dual Currency

Posted in: "Con la misma moneda", Home: News

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Our homeland is still suffering enormous economic and social problems, often caused by the current system.

One of the most pressing problems for Cubans is the dual currency. Cubans get paid in local currency but we must buy goods and services in convertible pesos, worth 24 times more. FLAMUR Cuba is conducting the campaign with the same currency in order to remedy this situation.


Sep 22, 2008 - 6:37:32 AM Read more