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Topic: Cuba Clarification....
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Saffron
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posted 09 May 2005 11:42 AM
Labourers earning about 100 Cuban pesos ($4.10; £2.13) a month will see their wages rise to 225 pesos from 1 May. The move will benefit 1.6 million workers, including farmhands, plumbers and undertakers, who survive on the lowest wages in communist Cuba. President Castro's confidence in the economy has been buoyed by closer trade relations with Venezuela and China. Oil deposits have also recently been discovered off Cuba's coast. The average Cuban government worker earns about 300 pesos a month, although most citizens pay no rent, while education and health care provision are also free. Ok.....now that makes more sense. Approx. $9.50 American A MONTH. http://havanajournal.com/politics_comments/3327_0_5_0_C/ [ 09 May 2005: Message edited by: Saffron ]
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Mr. Magoo
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posted 09 May 2005 02:35 PM
quote: Labourers earning about 100 Cuban pesos ... The average Cuban government worker earns about 300 pesos a month, although most citizens pay no rent, while education and health care provision are also free.
So even in Cuba it's possible to have a job that pays 1/3 of the average wage? The Canadian equivalent would be what? About $11,000 per year? [ 09 May 2005: Message edited by: Mr. Magoo ]
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radiorahim
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posted 10 May 2005 01:37 AM
quote: The numbers simply talk of pesos. Isn't it illegal to have US dollars, or if it is legal was it not illegal until recently (ie. a worker that earns 200 pesos and 100USD a month, is recognized as making 200 pesos.)
It was illegal maybe 15 years ago or so for Cubans to own foreign currency. However in recent months the Cuban government has started charging a heavy "tax" when exchanging U.S. currency in Cuba. Its been in response to U.S. harassment in the international banking system. There is no exchange "tax" on Canadian dollars, Euros, pounds, swiss francs etc. Actually it works out rather well for Canadian and European tourists travelling to Cuba.
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Mr. Magoo
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posted 10 May 2005 02:30 AM
Ya, I've, uh, heard those last two somewhere.
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Vigilante
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posted 10 May 2005 04:28 PM
quote: I think Cuba is an experiment for a futuristic society.
I sincerely doubt that. Marxist Leninism really doesn't play well with people anymore(save for the brainwashed). The only form of Marxist thought that is growing today is the post marxist autonomist tendencies(exemplified by people like John Holloway). Vanguardism is for the museums.It's become an endangered ideology. As for me and what I want in the future...lack of civilized order would be nice.
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Red Albertan
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posted 15 May 2005 06:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by fossilnut:
I have only been to Costa Rica and El salvador. $10/month is not common. Low incomes are common but even those under $100 are not common. I do agree, however, that income in itself is not a complete picture in comparing standard of livings between Cubans and those in Central America.
I myself have been only to Panama so far, and going to Peru shortly. From friends who live there, it appears that about US$200 a month is quite common throughout the region. However the picture is skewed, because Cubans don't have to pay extra for a lot of necessities, while other Latin Americans do.
From: the world is my church, to do good is my religion | Registered: May 2005
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Paul Gross
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posted 15 May 2005 06:59 PM
Saying the the minimum (or average) salary in Cuban is $10 a month is misleading. While the average Cuban is poor, their actual purchasing power is aprox. ten times higher than a straight peso (which is not a freely convertible currency) to dollars conversion indicates. Cuba is comparable to its neighbours in GDP per capita purchasing power but way ahead of most of them in health, education and other social indicators. The UN ranks Cuba 52nd (out of 177 countries) in its Human Development Index, one component of which is GDP per capita PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) Cuba (with an estimated Purchasing Power Parity GDP per capita of US$5,259 which is around $450 a month) is ranked ahead of much richer countries like Mexico (GDP per capita $US 8,970), Malaysia ($9,120) and Russia ($8,230) and ahead of a number of eastern european countries. There is a lot of intereting info on the UN site, here is the ranked list
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