THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT COMPETITION TO THEIR MAFIA RUN MONOPOLIES! IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE GUSANOS ABROAD, NONE OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE A CHANCE! NPR AUDIO STORY: Cubas Budding Entrepreneurs Travel A Rocky Road Toward Success- by David Greene and Jasmine Garsd At first the project was as rocky as any startup business. But a few months down the line, she says, the profits were outstanding. Barbara was able to save a good amount of money — which today is helping her purchase a new home with her boyfriend, Michel Perez Casanova. But that boom in business soon came to an end when the government announced that importing clothing for resale on the island . Even though business is good for Onil, he echoed what several other small enterprise owners said to us: One of the biggest challenges has been the lack of raw materials. In Mariel, for example, Onil said, theres no access to wholesale food markets, which are so important to the restaurant industry. Pointing to the delicious lamb stew hed prepared for us, he explained that hed had to go to a farm to buy the meat, but foods like rice and beans — staples in Cuban cuisine — are hard to buy in large quantities at good prices. CLINK LINK FOR STORY AND AUDIO! npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/06/24/324862512/cubas-budding-entrepreneurs-travel-a-rocky-road-toward-success
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