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HAVANA (Sputnik) - Cuban banking and financial institutions will not accept cash deposits in US dollars from 21 June due to US sanctions, the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC).
Cuba boosts e-sales on internal trade sector
Cuba boosts e-sales on internal trade sector
Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is today boosting e-sales in internal trade by using platforms such as EnZona and Transfermóvil, as part of government-prioritized electronic process, according to specialized sources.
Speaking on the TV program Mesa Redonda, Mirian Pérez, vice minister of Internal Trade, said that the ministry has been working on implementing the sector s computerization policy since two years ago, with special interest in e-trade and e-government.
Concerning e-government, the ministry became utterly absorbed in two key projects: one related to computerization of consumer records and the other one to commercial registration process that will allow anyone who does a commercial activity to conduct their proceedings virtually.
Miguel Díaz-Canel has been named first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), the most powerful role on the island. He will be the first person without the name Castro to run Cuba since the 1959 revolution.
The move, announced Monday, was widely expected. It means the tall, silver-haired 60-year-old now holds Cuba’s two most important positions, head of the party and president of the state, and buries rumours that he was a placeman, subject to more powerful forces.
“I never believed that rumour,” says former Cuban diplomat Carlos Alzugaray. “He was in charge, probably in direct consultation with Raúl Castro. But I think the signal is that he’s in charge of everything now. He stands way over everybody else.”