CUBA WINS VOTE IN UNITED NATIONS

U.S Embassy in Havana Cuba

U.N, VOTES LIFT U.S. EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
UNITED NATIONS (New York) — The United Nations General Assembly Voted 21 years in a row to condemn the  50 year old American embargo against the Latin Caribbean island of Cuba.

The vote was 188 for, with only 3 against with Israel and Palau joining the United States and three countries abstaining.

Last year the vote was almost the same with 186-2, and 3 countries abstentions.

 This brings the Cuba-American embargo to teh forefront  of one of the worlds most useless political actions against any country in modern history.

All the countires of the modern world are clearly telling telling U.S President Barack Obama to put an end to this ridiculous blockade against the people of Cuba.

As always the poor people of Cuba are the only ones that are suffering under the inhuman American Embargo.

CUBAN MONEY

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CUBAN CONVERTIBLE PESOS

Cuban Pesos and US dollars and all other convertible currencies from all countries are more freely circulating in Cuba.

National Bank of Cuba released PESO CONVERTIBLE as Cuba's official currency for both Foreigners and Cubans living  and travelleing in Cuba.

CUBAN TRAVEL MONEY
Also the Cuban Central Bank (BCC) established the offical Cuban peso exchange rate for US dollars to Convertible Pesos will not have a 10 per cent tax.
The extra fee was applied to nationals and foreign visitors in all Cuban  shopping dollar stores, Cuban hotels, bars, cafeterias, taxis, Cuban rent-a-car agencies and any other Cuban owned business that accepts cash payments in US dollars.

For many years toourist could not use american Dollars or any other foreign currency in Cuba.  Visitors to Cuba could bring dollars a tax only to get hit with a 10% tax at the exchange for Cuban Convertible Pesos
This special fee or tax would not be applied to other currencies such as Euros, UK Pounds or Canadian Dollars. Cuban tourist would change them while in holidaying in Cuba with no tax to US dollar exchange.
So now, in Cuba , there are two different currencies:

Cuban Foreign Tourist:   CUBAN CONVERTIBLE PESOS
For Cuban Citezens:           CUBAN PESOS

1 Cuban Convertible Peso = 24 Cuban Pesos

Cuban Exchange RATES:  Euros, Canadian dollars, Pounds, Swiss francs, and others for cuban convertible pesos.
FOREIGN Exchange Rates for those currencies are set in accordance to established daily currency exchange rates on the international market.

Cuban Pesos are required to take Cuban buses or guaguas or to buy vegetables and fruits at Cuban markets or to buy juice or a pizza in the streets.
There are places that accept only Pesos Convertibles and other places only cuban pesos.

Toourist can buy Cuban pesos convertibles at any airport, bank, Money Exchange Offices, called CADECA where these offices are all over Cuba.
 Best place to exchange your money for Cuban Pesos is in the CADECAs or at any local bank.

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CUBA OPEN TO FIRST TOURISM CRUISE SHIP

Port of Havana Cuba

CRUISE SHIPS IN CUBA
Cuban Ports opened up to the Spanish cruise ship carrying 220 tourists anchored in Havana Friday, the first foreign cruise ship to visit the U.S.-embargoed nation. The Gemini, owned by the Spanish Happy Cruises company, has a capacity for 800 passengers. It carried tourists from 11 countries, mostly Spain, who will start to tour Cuba and Mexico on Saturday.
The Spanish cruise company, together with the Cuban travel agency Cubatur, operates the tour, which will take the tourists to the Mexican ports of Cozumel and Cancun, and conclude in Havana. It was the first time in three years that Cuba had been visited by a foreign cruise ship after the Spanish company "Pullmantur" suspended its operations in Cuba following its acquisition by U.S.-owned Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Philip Lester Oliva, president of Cubatur, said the Spanish Happy Cruises company is expected to keep stable operations until the first half of 2011.  He also said a British and a Russian cruise are scheduled to start regular operations in Cuba.  "Cuba expects a big growth of cruise tours in the future," he added.

CUBA USATRAVEL
According to the Cuban Tourism Ministry, if Washington lifts its embargo banning U.S. citizens from traveling to the island country, Cuba would receive an estimated 1,000 cruise ships a year carrying 1.2 million U.S. tourists. Cuba and the United States have been separated only by 90 miles of narrow strait of Florida. Next step is to open Cuba to American tourism.