AlHijjah 17, 1434, October 22, 2013, SPA -- Cuba announced Tuesday it was ending an unpopular 19-year-old dual currency system that has contributed to a growing wealth gap between Cubans with access to dollars and those without. Under President Raul Castro, Cuba has been slowly overhauling its Soviet-style economy, allowing private enterprise on a small scale as it tries to slim down hulking state-run bureaucracies. -- SPA 23:45 LOCAL TIME 20:45 GMT تغريد
