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Small Businesses Sprout Out Of Front Yards In Cuba

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Ivelis Ramos (right) was laid off from her state job as a bookkeeper last year and now runs a makeshift store in Havana's Miramar neighborhood. Restrictions on privately owned businesses are beginning to relax under Raul Castro, Fidel Castro's brother. (Nick Miroff for NPR)
Ivelis Ramos (right) was laid off from her state job as a bookkeeper last year and now runs a makeshift store in Havana's Miramar neighborhood. Restrictions on privately owned businesses are beginning to relax under Raul Castro, Fidel Castro's brother. (Nick Miroff for NPR)

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