1.0OnCubaNews Englishhttps://oncubanews.com/enMayle González Mirabalhttps://oncubanews.com/en/author/mayle/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hRRyA7JFB1"><a href="https://oncubanews.com/en/latest/explaining-the-start-of-currency-unification/">Explaining the start of currency unification</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://oncubanews.com/en/latest/explaining-the-start-of-currency-unification/embed/#?secret=hRRyA7JFB1" width="600" height="338" title="“Explaining the start of currency unification” — OnCubaNews English" data-secret="hRRyA7JFB1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cadeca.jpg620340The Cuban press echoed on Thursday, October 24, 2013 the beginning of the end of dual currency. Many people breakfasted listening to Ariel Terrero, a journalist specializing in economic issues, explaining on national television the official note published on Tuesday, October 22. Terrero, who was translating economic technicalities to conversational Spanish, began by recalling that there are “in Cuba , both dual currency as dual exchange rates, and that creates a huge amount of distortion, especially in the business sector of the economy, which have effects on the rest of the economy. “ To dispel doubts, Terrero slowly said the Official Note “clearly […]