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Bye Bye Fascist Yankee Dollar
Che Fan - 27.10.2004 02:09
Sanctions prompt Cuba to eliminate dollar
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By Anita Snow
Oct. 26, 2004 | Havana --
Communist Cuba said "adios" to the Yankee dollar that shored up its struggling economy for a decade, launching a two-week process Tuesday to eliminate the U.S. currency from its stores and businesses in response to stepped-up American sanctions.
President Fidel Castro said widespread use of the currency of his country's No. 1 enemy, once seen as a necessary evil to stay afloat after losing Soviet aid and trade, would be halted to guarantee Cuba's economic independence.
 Website: http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/10/26/sanctions/index_np.html
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