You cannot have two stands . No. This sucks. Meet cubas new business class, surviving and thriving under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. [ music continues ] [ flamenco guitar plays ] i had barely set foot on cuban soil when i saw how the new Business Laws are changing lives. Armando lee rolled up in a 61yearold chevy a typical havana taxi. How you doing, my man . Hello, my friend. Im marcus. Marcus. My name is armando. Nice to meet you. Armando . Yeah. Nice to meet you, brother. Like most cubans, armando was living on a government wage worth about 25 a month. Now he makes that in a single day, thanks to the taxi license he got under the new law. This is a good business. And you can make good money doing this . I can save a little bit for my own business. The best job is to do your own company, a small business. Your own company. Yeah, exactly. With his newfound cash and a degree in computer engineering, armando hopes to launch his own startup. If you have a business and we become friends, can i invest in your company if i live in the United States . Yeah, you give me the money and thats it. Well, you have to pay me interest. Okay, we can do it. A lot of interest. We find a lawyer, and we can do a contract, yeah . Armando made me feel welcome. Of course, i cant invest in a cuban business yet. Thats illegal because of the u. S. Embargo imposed after Fidel Castros communist revolution. Since 1962, cuba has been cut off from the goods and services an economy needs to survive. Despite free healthcare, housing, and higher education, many are struggling. [ speaking spanish ] how you doing . Todo bien. Mucho guim jorge. Marcus. But Walking Around the old city, i saw a place full of life, energized by the changes. [ men singing, latin music plays ] desperate to boost the failing economy. This is a cool bag. The government has loosened their reins on private enterprise. So everythings made in cuba . Yes. Instead of working for the state, thousands of cubans are now working for themselves. Very beautiful. [ uptempo latin music plays ] i found them everywhere, even here a sleepy street in a residential neighborhood in this tiny rented garage. Welcome to burner brothers bakery, run by a brother and a sister, tony and Sandra Camacho rodriguez. Good morning. Good morning. Im marcus. So, the name is burner brothers. Yes. Why not burner sisters . Because im a guy. But shes the boss. No, shes not. Yes, i am. Ware the bosses. Okay. All right. Come in. Thank you. This is unbelievable. Its small. Yes. They started selling cookies out of their house in 2013. Now theyve really taken off, with a retail space, several employees, and a catering service. [ speaking spanish ] can i try something . Of course. I want to buy a box, a big box. Can i have a guava and cafe . What did you do before this . Im a dentist. Youre a dentist. Yes. And youre selling sugar. Yes. [ laughter ] how much did that pay . They pay me 1,000 pesos a month. Around. Thats about 50 a month for a dentist. And you make more money selling doughnuts . Here . Yes. In one day . Not in one day. Pretty close. Well discuss about it later. [ both laugh ] is it difficult to talk with the cameras because you worry about people seeing it . Yep. Tony and sandra are clearly doing well, but this is cuba, and you can see the anxiety set in when i asked about money. Like others i would meet, they didnt want to say too much. And as a business owner, i respect that. [ uptempo folk music plays ] but their steady flow of traffic told me what i wanted to know. Id guess they were making at least 100 a day amazing when you consider that most cubans live off 300year. Tony and sandras bakery may be pulling in 35,000. You look like you like it. I can only say off the record. [ laughs ] [ chuckles ] people probably think, oh, this is just a bakery. No. It happens to be thriving entrepreneurship in the face of very strong head winds of regulation. They werent taught this. They didnt go to school for this. Shes a dentist, hes an engineer. Can i see the kitchen . Yes, of course. Okay. [ uptempo latin music plays ] this is big. Whats in here . Thats an oven. This is an oven . Yes. From 19. Probably 1920s. And it works perfect . Yeah. The workers i met in the kitchen two engineers and a lawyer. Like their bosses, they make more here than they did at their government jobs. Where does everybody come from . Where are they trained . We trained them all. So, they came here looking for a job . Yeah. You took their engineering clothes off, and you made them chefs . Yeah. And you taught them step by step by step. What they got to do. Everybody likes sugar. Yeah. Right . Everybody likes chocolate, too. But on the day i visited, there wasnt any. Why dont you have the ingredients . Money . Both no. Because they are not available right now. Chocolates not available . The exact kind of chocolate we use, dark chocolate, like more than 40 of solids. And so its not available . Right now its not. You cannot find it at any store . Any store. Id like to see where you buy all your products. Can we go there . [ uptempo music plays ] so, everything here is locals. Yes. What ingredients would you come here for . Oh, here we buy lemons, we buy carrots, guava, pineapples stuff like that. Wholesale as we know it doesnt exist in cuba. Holy cow. Theres no costco or walmart, just whatever is available from private vendors at the local market. This is papaya. Papaya . This big . Its very sweet. Humongous. You wont find eggs or milk here. Only Government Stores are allowed to sell those, and theyre often in short supply. When it comes to running a business, there are obstacles everywhere. For starters, you can only work in one of 201 governmentapproved professions. Thats right, theres a list. You can be an accountant, a plumber, a palmtree trimmer, and, of course, a baker. I love the feel of the whole place. If you wanted to open up five of these all around havana, can you do that . Can you have five . Theres a law against that. One person. One license . One license. ¿solamente . Yes. So you can franchise . Uh, franchise, no. Franchise is a big enterprise. You know that. The burner brothers license is in sandras name. They can only open a second bakery if tony applies for a license in his name. And, so, im fascinated by the fact that you have become students of the rules. Yep, we have. I think whats unfortunate is that you have to spend time studying the rules as opposed to spending time growing the business. But it makes it unique, you know . The reason why i see an opportunity here, its because it isnt easy. If it were easy you know, you can get anything you want, you can get a license anytime you want, you can open as many businesses as you want you know how many people would have opened a bakery . Tony and sandra are smart enough to know that they could leave and they could take their trade skills of baking and merchandising and advertising anywhere, but they see that the window of opportunity and the ability to be big in the future is greater here because they know that the Competitive Landscape is not as competitive. [ uptempo music plays ] coming up, tony and sandra have big plans. The one right here . Yep, that one there. But theres just one thing in their way. Me. Im telling you as your new friend, you have something special. Dont ruin it. But first stitching a better life one shirt at a time. Its okay. I need a little extra cushion. The chase mobile app changed the game for us. 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I saw a new cuba with extraordinary talent in the most unexpected places. People like kirenia riguera. Hi. How are you . Im marcus. [ chuckles ] she was shy about her english, so i brought along a friend to help. [ both conversing in spanish ] so, do your customers come back through here . [ speaking spanish ] translator yes, but most of my clients arent fat. [ laughter ] welcome to my house. This is where kirenia lives and makes her living. [ speaking spanish ] this is your office . Uhhuh. I squeezed into a workshop barely bigger than a closet, with sewing machines from another time. [ speaking spanish ] translator to everyone else, it may look very small. But to me, its really big. Whatever i own today is because of my sacrifices. [ [ uptempo folk music plays ] kirenia is a seamstress and one of havanas top wardrobe designers for tv and film. Shes done so well she owns the business and this house. In cuba, thats huge. This is linen . Linen. Cien por ciento linen. Shes called the queen of the guayabera, a traditional cuban shirt. Its her specialty. How much do you sell them for . Sesenta. She told me she charges 60 a shirt. Material and labor costs 30. It takes a day and a half to finish each one. This is made one at a time. [ speaking spanish ] translator one by one. I think we should charge more. Si. Lo que. Translator yes, i know. But in cuba, it will be a hard sell. In a good month, kirenia sells eight shirts, making 240 bucks in profit almost ten times the average monthly salary here. So, where do you get the fabric . [ laughter ] [ speaking spanish ] translator thats a loaded question. Loaded because, like many cubans, shes forced to buy from el mercado negro. Why is that in the black market . [ speaking spanish ] translator it is not in the stores. [ midtempo latin music plays ] i want my own shirt. Can you make me a shirt . [ speaking spanish ] translator it will be my pleasure. Luckily, there was enough linen left for me. This is my shirt. It takes a lot of measuring. I need a little extra cushion. Just make sure you keep plenty of room. [ laughs ] no problema. This is probably a 98 shirt, retail. In the u. S. , that is. To raise her prices in cuba, kirenia needs a store, but thats tough here. The government controls most of the clothing industry. [ speaking spanish ] translator when you start to get confident, obstacles and limitations come up. You cannot do this, or you can do only this much. And who tells you you cant . Translator im not sure. I guess it comes from the government. Thats the thing here. No matter how hard you work, you can only go so far. But she refuses to give up. Come on in. How are you . And then i met the reason why her 5yearold daughter, camilla. She works very hard, doesnt she . [ speaking spanish ] translator very much. And im very proud of her. I know shes special. My angel. Your angel. [ speaks indistinctly ] and that gives you tears of joy. Against the odds, kirenia made a better life for them both. But it may not be enough to keep them in cuba. Does it scare you . Por supuesto. Translator of course. It was never my dream to leave my country. I want my daughter to grow up where i did. But . Translator if i want a Better Future for her, i have to consider the possibility that she go elsewhere. And that really makes me sad because i love my country. [ birds chirping ] i can see the day coming when shell have to make a choice. And it wont be an easy one. Dale la manito ynice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. You have a wonderful mother. Say thank you. Thank you. Gracias. [ laughter ] gracias. Gracias. Say thank you. Un besito . Ill come pick up my shirt in a couple of days, okay . Ah this is great i got a hug, too [ laughs ] [ slow folk music plays ] after leaving kirenia and her daughter, i took a walk up the street. Hola. I wondered if people here are running out of patience. As information becomes more available to people and they see what their options are, people are gonna start to go after it not because they want wealth or they want fame. Because they want something different. They want something brighter. It feels like you took a picture in 1965 and nothing happened. Its crazy. How you doing, buddy . Okay, im gonna show you a game. Put your hands here. You ready . The kids in the neighborhood didnt seem to have a care in the world. Play . But their future looks bleak unless the cuban economy improves. [ shouting indistinctly ] i turned to someone whos been watching the situation closely. This was main street of old havana. Ted henken is a professor of latin american studies at Baruch College in new york. ¿esta bien, eso . Yeah. Muy bien. Gracias. He visits cuba often and has written expensively about its new business landscape. The changes have been significant, but woefully insufficient. He told me that cuba is going broke. The price of socialism is just too high. Well, you get housing, you get education, you get healthcare, and you get a job. Theres a basic bottom below which people arent allowed to sink. But that bottom has become frayed. It has lots of holes in it. One of the reasons why the state is allowing more Economic Freedom is it needs to relieve itself of the burden of providing for people. [ coins jingling ] [ midtempo folk music plays ] the economic troubles have led to another problem. The cuban population has stopped growing, and they have a major problem with people choosing to leave the country, mostly for the United States. They want to be connected to the rest of the world. They want to have opportunity now, especially young people. They dont want to have the same problem their parents did, waiting for the future to come and it never arrives. ¿que esto . Queso. Chorizo y queso. Thats good. A taste of capitalism has helped. Gracias. But its just a taste. The government is moving in a direction of economic opening, but its trying to control that opening. The cuban government continues to control almost every aspect of daily life. There is no free press. The internet is censored. Small Business Owners have been shut down without warning. In 2013, the state went after private clothing stores. The government closed them all down because it was competition against the government monopoly on retail outlets for clothing. And when the government runs a business, its not always pretty. Hola. I walked into a stateowned store unlike anything ive ever seen. Can i buy a blender . The inventory was meager largely a result of the u. S. Embargo. This one sold mostly blenders and tvs. Whos the manager . Hes not here right now. And dont come to cuba to buy sneakers. So, the government, again, has a monopoly of importing clothing made in other countries and then reselling it to the cubans. A private person cant do this in cuba. Can i buy shoes . I cannot buy shoes . Since december, they havent had any new merchandise. Since december . Next week, its coming in. Hopefully. Up next, the tables are turned when capitalism collides with socialism. What did it cost to build this house . 5,000 . 10,000 . I dont like the kind of. Questions . Questions you are asking. [ uptempo music plays ] cuba is a country marked by neglect. Many of its beautiful buildings crumbling into dust. Still, there are places that speak to what once was and could be again. But after a few days in town, i wanted to see more. So i hit the road and headed about 25 miles southwest to meet this man. How you doing . Marcus. Fernando. In farming circles, Fernando Funes is a superstar. What do you make here . Four years ago, there was nothing growing here. We grow more than 60 types of vegetables. Today row after row of fresh green produce. Fernando has a phd in agriculture. He used to lecture around the world. We teach people about the environment and how they can eat better. But when the state okayed farming as a private business, he quit the classroom and got his hands dirty. Does this need to get delivered . Yes, we have prepared this already. Well, let me help you load it up. Twice a week, he packs up his aging soviet sedan, selling his fruits and vegetables to 25 of havanas top restaurants. All that arugula adds up. How much would you get for selling all of this . That would be about 400. Thats not bad. Not bad. Not bad. But hes not in it just for the money. Fernando sees farming as a way to promote socialism cubas economic model since the revolution. He doesnt even own the land. We didnt buy the farm. You cannot buy land in cuba. The state merely allows him to work on it. So the land is really. A social asset. I understand. You could say social asset. Im gonna say government asset. Social. In a capitalistic way of thinking, you can take benefit from that square of land. But that square of land will be there for thousands of years more. The land is a common asset. Okay. Gracias. He not only pays his workers more than the average government wage he feeds them and houses some of them too. Fernando is socialist to the core. So i wondered how he got his new house. Beautiful. Its very smart how you built it so the breezes can cross. What did it cost to build this house . But you are asking me difficult things for. I cannot tell you how how it cost. Okay. 5,000 . Maybe more. 10,000 . Less. Okay, and where do you get the money to do that . Do you borrow it from the government . Do you have family send it to you from america . I dont like the kind of, lets say. I dont like you can tell me. Its okay. I dont like the kind of. Questions . Questions you are asking. Does it make you uncomfortable . Maybe. Okay. He told me the money came from lecturing overseas not something most cubans get a chance to do. Let me tell you why im asking. Im not trying to ask for any reason other than to understand how i can start asking you about your private. Sure. How do you invest your money . I dont. Cash solamente. I dont have any stocks. I invest in other people. I invest in people like you. How much you pay to your employees . 12. 25 per hour. Per hour. Thats the minimum. If you work for me, thats the minimum you make. And do you have only one wife or more than one . I actually am not [ laughs ] im not married. Youre not married . No. Okay. Are you gay . No, im not gay. [ laughs ] any more questions for me . Yes, let me think. Okay, anything you ask me. And i will ask you more. And i like mango juice more than orange juice. [ laughs ] fernando seemed satisfied, and our talk turned back to his farm. Can i see the bees . [ midtempo music plays ] im not going in there. [ laughs ] yes, i have. Dress here for you. Whoa, whoa, whoa. The other way. Its going to be hot. I dont care. [ laughs ] as long as i dont get stung, i dont care how hot it is. [ chuckles ] when it comes to bees, i have no comfort zone. We started here with one beehive, 2 1 2 years ago. And now, in this moment, we have 80 beehives. The 80 hives yield about 3 tons of honey each year. Fernando is forced to sell most of it to the state for 900 a ton. Then the state resells it for more than three times that. So, you sell it for 900. They sell it for 3,000. About three times, but they cover all the costs of transportation. Oh, thats nice of them. They give advice also for us. They give you advice. Yeah. They sell i can give you advice. It wont cost 3,000. [ laughs ] at least the government isnt buying his vegetables. Those he makes remoney on. [ uptempo latin music plays ] later that day, the greens we packed up at the farm arrived at la guarida. Its one of havanas hottest restaurants and a magnet for celebrities like madonna, rihanna, beyonce and jay z. [ music continues ] Enrique Nunez owns the place. Welcome to la guarida. This is beautiful. He grew up in the building. People now eat where he used to sleep. This is your original apartment . Exactly. Thats my this is where you grew up . This was my bathroom when i started the restaurant. Very cool. Hi, folks. Hi enriques success took more than a little creativity. Cuban laws limit a Restaurant License to just 50 seats. So he figured out a way to add another 50 by applying for a cafeteria license. So, how many seats do you have . We have 100, but we make two seatings. So you have two seatings, so 200. And then how much does it cost for one person on average to come eat here . Its like 40 bucks per person. 40 . 40. So youll do 8,000 in a night . Not every night. But in a good night, youll do 8,000 . On the best night. And the worst night . 3,000 . 4,000 . Less. Nah, nah, nah. No, no, no, no, no. Ive seen that before. Cubans dont want to call attention to the money theyre making. But enriques success is obvious. He just opened a new rooftop bar with great views. And the tourists are drinking it in. What do you guys think of the view . The best bar in havana. Its the best restaurant in havana. If anyone wants to experience real life in cuba, you ought to come here, and you can see it all. But enrique knows dinner here costs the average cuban almost two months salary. So they stay away. He wants to change that. Less tourists, more locals . More locals, less tourists, yes. Thats one of my dream. And how do you think that becomes possible . I hope the economy, our cuban economy, can grow and develop. With 40 employees, enrique is helping to grow that economy even though 20 of his best workers recently left for america. Nothing is easy here. I have a lot of respect for you and a lot of admiration, but now i want to eat your food. Yes, of course. Thats the most important. Lets go eat some food. Up next. You ever go fishing . No. Travel down any road in havana, youll find a surprise at every turn. Ioye [ uptempo music plays ] [ upbeat music plays ] at burner brothers bakery, business has been sweet for tony and Sandra Camacho so sweet theyre setting their sights on a new venture. And i wanted to check it out. Wheres the building that you guys picked . There, that corner. The white one. The white one, not the blue one . Yeah, the white one. Theyve gone ahead and bought a new space in a real hot spot, where the cruise ships dock. With a Record Number of tourists visiting cuba this year, this is prime real estate. And i had a lot of questions. How much was it . Like 46,000. 46,000 . Yep. Its the whole building . No. Just the bottom. Buying and selling property has only been legal for five years. And only native cubans can buy in. Our space starts here. I thought they were building another burner brothers. You cant take customers up the staircase. No, no, no, but were gonna rebuild this. Okay. But these bakers are getting into the restaurabusiness. So, youre opening up a fancy restaurant . Well, we want to make this a gastrobar, you know . We want to sell drinks. Also, we want to sell meal. Im skeptical. The place needs a ton of work new stairs, new balcony, new kitchen. Im worried its a money pit. What do you think its gonna cost to do this whole project . I dont know. 40,000. Only 40,000 . Well, it really costs a lot more, but thats all we got. You have it saved already . Yeah. You sold a lot of doughnuts. No, no, no. That money is not from the doughnuts. Where is it from . My dad. My cousin, which is partner, too. So its a family business. Yeah, its a family business. So, what do you forecast the business is gonna make in the first year after you pay all the bills . Um. Have you put it on paper . We havent done that yet. It was clear to me that tony and sandra did not do the math on this one. [ sighs ] are you gonna be open seven days a week . Yep. Okay, so seven days a week good luck, by the way. Tony and sandra are planning on an average bill of 15 a person. And theyre hoping to take in 1,500 a day. But with just 42 seats in the restaurant, theyll need a lot of turnover to hit that number. [ uptempo latin music plays ] restaurants have one of the highest failure rates of any business. And these two already have a successful bakery. I dont know why they dont just open up a second burner brothers. Why wouldnt you duplicate that and build a brand thats something that you know . Burner brothers is something that we know because we start from zero, and we have something now. Beautiful. Okay. This is zero, and we will do it something. I know that you probably wont listen to me. But im telling you as your new friend, you have something special. Dont ruin it. And then i learned something else. They were offered 200 grand for this place. They could profit 154,000 without doing a thing. So, my big question is how many years, how many people, how much bull[bleep], how much aggravation do we have to swallow to earn that money . To get 154,000 right now . Think about it, see how much money youre making in the burner brothers, and go from there. This is a bad idea. Okay. Im being honest with you. No, no, no, okay. Im sorry to. Im sorry. Its never easy telling someone their dream is a mistake. But the numbers dont lie. Maybe in the future, the government will allow franchising. Maybe. When they do, youre ready. If you build a few more burner brothers, you could be the Dunkin Donuts of cuba in 10 years. I had no idea what tony and sandra were going to do, but i knew whit wanted to do. Get some fresh air. [ horn honks ] so i called up my favorite taxi driver, armando lee, to do some sightseeing. We took a ride down the malecon, havanas famous highway along the sea. Its a Gathering Spot for locals. You ever go fishing . No. ¿ por que . Because i dont know how to do it. Oh. Watch this. Yeah, no, its not so [ chuckles ] its not only that, yeah. If hemingway could do it, so could armando. We got out to take a closer look and throw down a challenge. Whats this right here, my man . Doing a little fishing tournament. Whoever catches the biggest fish in the next 10 minutes gets 20. Okay. But you have to do it with me. Okay, ill do it with you. [ speaking spanish ] 20 bucks. They tell me its not possible. I told them to just keep fishing and not worry about it. [ uptempo folk music plays ] the sun was fading fast. But there was barely a nibble. Armando, not one person . One minute. Okay. Thats it, right here. Bring it, bring it. Okay. Ioye this is the winner. Show them your fish [ cheers and applause ] give him the money. Thats it. His father is right there. So, with a little seed money, perhaps a new cuban entrepreneur is born. Coming up six women, a crockpot, and the drive to succeed. We are doing what we want to do. We are trying to change our lives. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. [ uptempo music plays ] theres a word i heard over and over again in cuba. Resolver resolve, ingenuity, making it work. Its a way of life here, especially for the new entrepreneurs. Sandra . Sandra. Marcus. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. [ uptempo latin music plays ] three years ago, a simple luxury like handmade soap didnt exist here. Thats where Sandra Aldama stepped in. Thank you for having me. Today she and her six employees have turned this modest kitchen into a factory line. At present, we are selling about 1,000. 1,000 soaps per month . 1,000 soaps per month. From three years ago, 100 a month . [ giggles ] sage. Okay. Sandras business is called dbrujas. This is witchs soap. Coffee or mint. Okay. Why witches . Because witches make magical potions with plants. I got there just as they began to brew a new batch. And you put it in here, and it makes spaghetti. They start with natural soap from the government store. First step, they have to melt it down. And, yes, thats a crockpot. These are some resourceful witches. This is red wine. Yeah, smells like it. [ laughs ] do you stir this . Yeah. Can i do it . Yes. Are you sure . Yes. They spoon the soap into molds, and it dries for five days before its wrapped up. Youd think the packaging would be the easy part. Not here. I could use another bag, but i need this one. Where do you get it . From United States. Sandra cant get bags for her soap in cuba, so a relative from the u. S. Sends them. What she does next is part martha stewart, part macgyver. Comes like a bag for bread, just like this . Yes. And then you cut it, and you make small ones. Holy. It kind of doesnt matter that its soap. What matters is that sandra wanted to generate commerce and they figured out how to do it. Shes taking things that are already produced in different components the bag, the fragrance, the soap thats already finished and shes reconstituting them and coming up with something thats more special. I wanted to see sandras store, so i headed down to the artisans market, near the port of havana. [ uptempo latin music plays, people singing indistinctly ] i saw booth after booth of private businesses. Crazy to think, a few years ago, this was illegal. Here we go dbrujas sandra offers 10 different types of soap. Each one costs a dollar to make. She sells some for two bucks, some for 2. 50. The government charges her 94 a month in rent. So, you have to sell 45 soaps to pay your rent . Right . And how many soaps do you sell a day . Okay, now we are sell 26 soap. Today you sold 26 already . Today. I love that you know that. [ laughs ] most people dont know that. One soap. You have to buy one soap. For my friend. Where . Dbrujas. The market is a huge attraction. Sandra should be able to boost her traffic easily, but its not that simple. Youre in the corner. Why dont you go to the other corner and do another one . It is not allowed to have two stands the same owner. With the same. With the same name under the you cannot have two stands . No. This sucks. Still, there are some things we can fix. I want them to move the sign so customers can actually see what theyre selling. So, take the sign. And what they should be selling is soap, not dream catchers and random trinkets. But i dont understand the connection. I know what you mean. [ laughs ] i know what you mean. Why do you do it . Its no good. No. For the customer, its confusing. Instead, sandra should be selling products connected to soap, like candles or room spray an easy idea. Or so i thought. The problem with that is the. Border. Its difficult in here to get okay. So what about for candles . Its, yeah, a little difficult, but i can we can try. I love that about sandra. To her, nothing was impossible. We are making something different. At least in our country, step by step, we are growing and learning. For you to be able to grow up as a little girl in cuba, to surround yourself with good people, to make a living for yourself and for your family, with no help, its a bigger deal than you think. A really big deal. Is it emotional for you to think about it . Oh, yeah. Why . Yeah, no. No, no, no. Why, sandra . What are you crying about . I dont know. Because this is. A way to do what we want to do. Because we are our boss and we. Control your destiny . Yeah. This is the way. This is one thing thats important before i go. Emotion in business is important. If anybody ever takes the emotion out of business, the business will die. [ uptempo music plays ] up next, a big decision. Dont ruin it. A beautiful souvenir. Can i go put it on . And the biggest question of all. If this country doesnt change, are people gonna stop trying . When the profit in cuba returns. Theseare heading back home. Y oil thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because its tough on grease yet gentle. I am home, i am home, i am home oh very nice. Now im turning into my dad. I text in full sentences. I refer to every child as chief. This hat was free. What am i supposed to do, not wear it . Next thing you know, im telling strangers defense wins championships. Well, it does. Right . Why is the door open . Are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood . At least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive. Com. Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. I mean, why would i replace this . Its not broken. Or a little internet machine . I mean, why would i replace this . It makes you wonder shouldnt we get our phones and internet from the same company . 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And its comfortable because ive been so hot. [ laughs ] the laws dont allow it now, but perhaps soon i can help kirenia sell her shirts in the United States. Maybe, just maybe, the shirt could be called camilla y marcus . Ah [ laughter ] muy bien. [ uptempo music plays ] as for tony and Sandra Camacho. This is the restaurant . Yes, it is. After telling them not to open a restaurant. Thats a bad idea. And to concentrate on their bakery business. Youre building a brand. You guys are the burner brothers. They took my advice and dropped the restaurant idea. Theyre selling the new space. Thank you. And will invest the profit back into their bakery business. As it turns out a smart and lucky move. Officials have put a freeze on new Restaurant Licenses a blow to the fledgling business community. If this country doesnt change, is talent gonna be suppressed . Is it gonna be lost . Are people gonna stop trying . Cuba stands at a moment of possibility. Tensions with the u. S. Have been eased. 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