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August 19, 2020

Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy | Cuba | The Guardian
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"Cuba last opened dollar stores in 1993 as an emergency stopgap when its economy was tanking during the so-called Special Period. The dollar was taken out of circulation and replaced by the CUC in 2004."

Trump Administration Plans Arms Sale to U.A.E. Despite Israeli Worries - The New York Times
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How many years before these chickens go home to roost?

"On Tuesday, an Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, reported that the Trump administration had secretly agreed to a sale of F-35s and drones to the Emirates as part of the Emirati peace agreement with Israel."