The
transaction took place at the headquarters of the Central Bank of
Venezuela, between the Cuban company Comercializadora de Alimentos (Alimport)
and the Socialist Joint Venture Rice of ALBA, reported Prensa Latina
news agency.
The Unitarian System of Regional Payment Compensation (SUCRE by its
Spanish acronym) is a common account created in 2007 with the
objective of reducing the regional trade dependence on the US
dollar.
The next trade operation using the virtual currency trade, worth $
1.25, will be with Bolivian textiles, added Prensa Latina.
Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda are the other member countries of
ALBA which was founded to secure the common interests in the
political, social and economic sectors.
