The Cuban comedian Ulises Toirac reacted this Friday with his usual mocking tone to the government's authorization to open bank accounts in foreign currency, posting on Facebook an image of a modified 100 dollar bill featuring his own face instead of Benjamin Franklin's, accompanied by the caption: "my bill for the bank in bucks."
In the publication's text, Toirac quickly struck a nerve: "Once again, it is possible to open a bank account in foreign currency. Last time was not very pleasant, to be honest... And it makes me think of the saying: the confidence that I won't be robbed has left the country, or in other words: within confidence lies danger."
In the comments section, the actor was even more explicit about what he considers the safest alternative to the bank: "Under the bed is the 'majá'. An old bank that doesn't knock you down a pound. Unless your wife finds it."
With that image of the mattress as a "bank" that is not subject to the decisions of the State, Toirac refers to an old practice common among those who distrust depositing their dollars in financial institutions.
His reaction to the new regulation is a warning wrapped in laughter: after the debacle the process of dollarization imposed by the regime has caused for the economy, the trust of Cubans in the bank to safeguard their dollars cannot be restored with a resolution.
Everything is part of a specific and painful backdrop: in June 2021, the Central Bank of Cuba suspended the acceptance of cash deposits in dollars, a measure it presented as temporary and that was not lifted until April 2023, leaving thousands of Cubans without access to their savings for almost two years.
In the coming days, the Resolution 102/2026 of the Central Bank of Cuba will come into effect, signed on September 8 by the president of the BCC, Juana Lilia Delgado Portal, and published in Official Gazette No. 76 Ordinary.
The resolution regulates the opening and management of bank accounts in foreign currency for both individuals and legal entities, both Cuban and foreign, that conduct economic activities in the country. Mipymes, cooperatives, self-employed workers, artists, and agricultural producers may receive cash payments in foreign currency and deposit them directly without the mandatory conversion to Cuban pesos, without needing authorization from the Central Bank of Cuba.
Additionally, Resolution 103/2026 from the Ministry of Economy and Planning establishes that private businesses will retain 80% of their earnings in foreign currency, while the remaining 20% will be credited in national currency.
This is not the first time that Toirac has used humor to highlight the contradictions of the regime's economic policy. Last August, he responded to Díaz-Canel with a phrase that went viral: "Economic measures are neither capitalist nor socialist: they are either smart or stupid."
And in December 2025, he ironically proposed the "pesolar" to satirize the monetary chaos on the Island.
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