{"id":232149,"date":"2020-12-22T17:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=232149"},"modified":"2020-12-22T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:54:55","slug":"can-cubans-buy-dollars-from-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/can-cubans-buy-dollars-from-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Cubans buy dollars from the government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The question that gives the title to this note has been worrying Cubans inside and outside the island for months, and that doubt has been reactivated after the announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/dia-cero-primeras-reacciones-de-destacados-economistas-cubanos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monetary reorganization<\/a> in the country as of January 1. In theory, the answer is yes, both now and once the reorganization begins, but in practice, at least for the moment, the reality is different, while on the streets the price of the USD is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiohc.cu\/noticias\/economia\/242479-en-cuba-casas-de-cambio-multiplican-servicios-financieros-foto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Radio Habana Cuba<\/em><\/a> said that exchange houses in Cuba don\u2019t have dollars to sell, and at the moment they only market that currency to travelers leaving the island, according to Joaqu\u00edn Alonso, president of the official entity known as CADECA, which has a network of 172 offices throughout the country, including airports and tourist destinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we do not sell foreign currency in any exchange office in the cities, only in the airports and only to passengers who leave the country, with a maximum limit of 300 CUC (Cuban convertible pesos, which will stop circulating with the monetary reorganization), because there\u00b4s no more availability at the moment,\u201d emphasized the official.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso confirmed that the sale of foreign currency in the establishments of his entity is not prohibited, but doing so depends on the amount that reaches the exchange houses. On the matter, he gave the same answer that the island\u2019s Central Bank gave a year ago: \u201cCuba is not an issuer of freely convertible currency, we depend on what enters the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lOXOL2o6A2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/economia\/banco-central-de-cuba-se-puede-extraer-efectivo-de-cuentas-en-dolares-cuando-haya-dolares\/\">Banco Central de Cuba: se puede extraer efectivo de cuentas en d\u00f3lares&#8230; cuando haya d\u00f3lares<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abBanco Central de Cuba: se puede extraer efectivo de cuentas en d\u00f3lares&#8230; cuando haya d\u00f3lares\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/economia\/banco-central-de-cuba-se-puede-extraer-efectivo-de-cuentas-en-dolares-cuando-haya-dolares\/embed\/#?secret=YMb8ztwyAl#?secret=lOXOL2o6A2\" data-secret=\"lOXOL2o6A2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The president of CADECA explained that the decrease in tourism in 2019, and the closure of the island\u2019s borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused the interruption of the entry of foreign visitors, for which they had to adopt measures of restriction, which is coupled with the effects of the U.S. embargo. A similar explanation was also offered by Marino Murillo, head of the Commission for Implementation and Development of the Guidelines, and Marta Wilson, minister-president of the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC), in a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubadebate.cu\/noticias\/2020\/12\/14\/banco-central-de-cuba-ofrece-detalles-del-ordenamiento-monetario-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mesa Redonda<\/em><\/a> TV program.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/nuevas-tiendas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stores<\/a> in freely convertible currency in Cuba, as part of the government strategy to alleviate the current economic crisis, increased consumer demand for foreign currency and its price has surged in the informal market\u2013and with a tendency to continue increasing more and more above the official exchange rate\u2013, although the government\u2019s policy contemplates the decrease in the circulation of cash and seeks, fundamentally, to attract dollars from remittances as well as to prevent the flight of these capitals.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the minister-president of the BCC explained that the freely convertible currency accounts enabled for purchases in these types of stores do not change in any way with the monetary reorganization policy. The balances of these bank accounts are kept in freely convertible currency and \u201cif the holders needed to withdraw money they would do so in Cuban pesos (CUP)\u201d or if they wish, convert them to the Cuban national currency, said Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the possible purchase from the government according to the official exchange rate set for the US dollar (1X24 Cuban pesos), the minister reiterated that it is possible, but objected that \u201cat this time due to the situation that we have already explained, the banks and CADECAS do not have the freely convertible currency available to sell to the population.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, today there is no free access to freely convertible currency although it is established that the change is 1\u00d724.\u201d In addition, she clarified that ATMs \u201ctoday do not dispense in freely convertible currency\u201d and as of January 1, 2021 they will not either. \u201cThe only thing they will dispense is CUP, which is the national currency. In the case of people who have freely convertible currency accounts that need to acquire these currencies, they must go to bank branches and if there is availability, they can be sold,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson and Murillo also explained the possibility that the current accounts in CUC could be converted into accounts in dollars or euros as of the implementation of the reorganization. In those cases, as regulated by the BCC, \u201cthe bank issues a certificate of deposit in those currencies, according to the conditions established for this new product\u201d and account holders \u201ccannot increase their balance, extract cash in these currencies, or transfer them to other bank products in foreign currency.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/4 Los motes econ\u00f3micos son pol\u00e9micos, pero a veces ayudan a visualizar las cosas. Por ejemplo, algunas medidas actuales en Cuba parecen ser variantes de \u201ccorralito\u201d financiero y de \u201ccepo\u201d cambiario <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WbPdo0wE62\">pic.twitter.com\/WbPdo0wE62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pedro Monreal (@pmmonreal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmmonreal\/status\/1338648078581190661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition, \u201cit will not be possible to withdraw dollars from that account, the economy does not have that liquidity,\u201d said Murillo, who confirmed that in those cases the balance is frozen, with minimal interest, \u201cbecause it is also money that cannot be backed\u201d and he said that the amounts of those accounts will only be backed \u201cwhen the economy\u2019s conditions improve\u201d and that \u201cit is not sensible to make time commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Cuban economist Pedro Monreal, the \u201coption\u201d of changing the funds from accounts in CUC to certificates of deposits in foreign currency, is a form of \u201ccorralito,\u201d which he defines as the governmental limitation on the freedom to dispose of funds deposited in financial entities.<\/p>\n<p>In his Twitter account, Monreal also expressed the opinion that with this variant, \u201caccount holders\u2013who are recognized, in principle, the freedom to convert his CUC into foreign currency\u2013in practice are limited in their ability to move his money in the currency of their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a form of temporary non-payment,\u201d he pointed out, while saying that \u201cthe impossibility\u2013until further notice\u2013to buy foreign currency with CUP in banks and CADECAs is a form of exchange \u2018trap,\u2019 which is generally associated with restrictions to the purchase of foreign currency.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">3\/4 Con esa variante de \u201ccorralito\u201d, al titular de la cuenta -a quien se le reconoce, en principio, la libertad de convertir sus CUC en divisas- en la pr\u00e1ctica se le limita su capacidad para mover su dinero en la moneda de su elecci\u00f3n. Es una forma de impago temporal<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pedro Monreal (@pmmonreal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmmonreal\/status\/1338648081559150592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question that gives the title to this note has been worrying Cubans inside and outside the island for months, and that doubt has been reactivated after the announcement of the monetary reorganization in the country as of January 1. 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