The opinion of the official journalist Lazaro Manuel Alonso on the sale of foreign currency in the exchange houses (CADECA)published the day before on social networks, provoked an angry response from the banking institution on Wednesday. After starting on Monday the sale of dollars to natural persons in Cubaat a rate of 123.60 Cuban pesos per US dollar, Alonso said that the challenge of the foreign exchange market, as it is being implemented, lies in the transparency of the process.
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