Weather’s role in wildfires in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #weather #climatechange #wildfireseasonHAVANA - Cuba's government and independent online news site El Toque exchanged blows this week after state-run media accused the website of manipulating the black market currency exchange rate to impoverish Cubans and stoke unrest on the Caribbean island.
"El Toque is secretly financed by the United States and establishes a false value of the peso in relation to the dollar," said a story in the state-run media outlet CubaDebate."The strategy aims to foment protests in Cuba.
El Toque defends its online exchange rate tracker, saying Cuba's allegations, some of which could be lead to criminal charges, according to state-run media, are"ridiculous and implausible." El Toque says it calculates its exchange rate using artificial intelligence to scan messages posted online in which buyers and sellers state their intended purchase or sale prices for the various currencies.