The degree in computer engineering, she hopes to launch his own start up. If you have a business and we become friends, can i invest in your company if i live in the United States . If you give me the money. You have to pay me interest. A lot of interest. You find a lawyer and we will do a contract. 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 revolution. Cuba has been cutoff from the goods and services and the economy needs to survive. Despite free health care, housing and higher education, many are struggling. Walking around the old city, i saw a place full of life, energized by the changes. Desperate to boost the failing economy the government loosened their reigns on private enterprise. Everything is made in cuba . Yes. Thousands are now working for themselves. Very beautiful. I found them everywhere. Even here. A sleepy street in a residential neighborhood this this tiny rented garage. Welcome to burner brothers bakery run by a brother and a sister, tony and sandra ka macho rodriguez. Good morning. Im marcus. So the name is burner brr eer b . Why not sisters . Because im a guy. She is the boss . We are the bosses. Okay. This is unbelievable. Its small. They started selling cookies out of their house in 2013, but now they have really taken off. With the retail space, univer l universauniversaseveral employees and a catering service. Can i try something . I want to buy a box. A big box. Guava and cavy. You are a dentist and you are selling sugar . Yes. How much did that pay . They pay me 1,000 pesos. A month. Thats about 50 a month for a dentist. You make more money selling donuts . Yes. In one day . Not in one day. Pretty close. We will discuss it later. 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. You can see the anxiety set in when i asked about money. Like others i would meet, they didnt want to say too much. As a business owner, i respect that. Their steady flow of traffic told me what i wanted to know. I guess they were making at least 100 a day. Amazing when you consider most cubans live off of 300 a year. Tony and sandras bakery may be pulling in 35,000. You look like you love it. I can only say off the record. People probably think this is just a bakery. No. It happens to be thriving entrepreneurship in the head winds of regulation. They werent taught this. She is a dentist and he is an engineer. Can i see the kitchen . Yes, of course. This is big whats in here . Thats an oven. This is an oven . From when . Probably 1920s . It works perfect . Yep. The workers i met are two engineers and a lawyer. Like their bosses, they make more here than at their government jobs. Where does everybody come from and where are they trained . We trained them all. They came here looking for a job and you took their nrnling clothes off and made them chefs . Clothes off and made them chefs . And step . What they have to do. Everybody likes sugar. Everybody likes shochocolate too. You need money . No. They are not available right now. Chocolate is not available. Except the kind of chocolate we use. More than 40 . Its not available at any store . Any store. I want to see where you buy your products. Can we go there . Everything here is locals. Yes. What ingredients would you come here . We buy lemons and carrots and guava, pineapples and stuff like that. Wholesale as we about it doesnt exist in cuba. There is no costco or walmart. Just whatever is available from private vendors at the local market. This big . Its very sweet. You wont find eggs or milk here. Only Government Stores are allowed to sell those. They are 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 government approved professions. Thats right. There is a list. You can be an accountant, plummer, palm tree trimmer or a baker. I love the feel of the place. If you wanted to open up five of these around havana, can you do that . There is a law against that. Person, one license. You can franchise . Franchise, no. Its a big enterprise. The burner brothers license is in sandras name. They can only open a second bakery if tony applies if are a license in his name. Im fascinated by the fact that you have become students of the rules. We have. Whats unfortunate is that you have to to spend time studying the rules as opposed to growing the business. It makes it unique. The reason why i see an opportunity here, its because its not easy. If it were easy, you can get anything you want. You can get a license any time you want or open as many businesses as you want. You know how many people would open a bakery . Tony and sandra are smart enough to know they could leave and take their trade skills of baking and merchandising and advertising anywhere, but they see the window of opportunity and the ability to be big in the future is greater here because they know the Competitive Landscape is not as competitive. Coming up, tony and sandra have big plans. The one right here . That one there. There is one thing in their way. Me. Im telling you as your new friend, you have something special. Dont ruin it. Stitching a better life. One shirt at a time. I need extra cushion. Just look at those two. Happy. In love. And saving so much money on their Car Insurance by switching to geico. Well, just look at this setting. Do you have the ring . Oh, helzberg diamonds. Another beautiful setting. Im not crying. Ive just got a bit of sand in my eyes, thats all. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. 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I squeezed into a workshop barely bigger than a closet with sewing machines from another time. To everyone else is may look small, but to me its really big. Whoever i own today is because of my sacrifices. One of the top wardrobe designers for and film. She has done so well, she owns the business and this house. In cuba, thats huge. This is linen . She is called the queen of a traditional cuban shirt. Its her specialty. How much do you sell them for . She charges 60 a shirt. Material and labor costs 30. It take as i day to finish each one. They are made one at a time . By one. I think we should charge more. Yes, but in cuba its a hard sell. She makes 240 in profit a month, almost times the average monthly salary. Where do you get the fabric . Thats a loaded question. Loaded because like many cubans, she is forced to buy from el mercado negro. Why is it on the black market . Its not in the stores. I want my own shirt. Can you make me a shirt . It will be my pleasure. Luckily there was enough linen left for me. It takes a lot of measuring. Make sure you keep plenty. To raise her prices in cuba, she needs a store. Thats tough here. The government controls most of the clothing industry. When you start to get confident, obstacles and limitations come up. You cannot do this or can do only this much. And hotels . Im not sure. I guess it comes from the government. No matter how hard you work, you can only go so far. But she refuses to give up. Come in. How are you . Then i met the reason why. Her 5yearold daughter, camilla. She works hard, doesnt she . Very much and im very proud of her. I know she is special. That gives you tears of joy . Against the odds, she made a better life for them both, but it may not be enough to keep them in cuba. Does it scare you . 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 will go elsewhere. That really makes me sad because i love my country. I can see the day coming where she has to make a choice and it wont be an easy one. Nice to meet you. You have a wonderful mother. Say thank you. Thank you. Gracias. I will pick up my shirt in a couple of days. This is great. I got a hug too. After leaving her daughter, i took a walk up the street. I wondered if people here are running out of patience. It becomes available to people and they see their options. People are going to start to go after it. Not because they want wealth or fame, but they want something brighter. It feels like you took a picture in 1965 and nothing happened. Its crazy. How are you doing, buddy . Put your hands here. Ready . The kids didnt seem to have a care in the world. Their future looks bleak unless the cuban economy improves. I turned to someone who has been watching the situation closely. This was main street of old havana. A professor of latin america studies in new york. He visits cuba often and about the new business landscape. The change is insignificant. Here said tuba is going broke. The price of socialism is just too high. Will you get housing and health care and get a job. There is a basic bottom below which people are not allowed to sink. That bottom is fray and has lots of holes. One of the ways the state is allowing freedom is relieving itself from the burden of providing for people. The economic troubles led to another problem. The cuban population stopped growing and had a major problem with people cluhoosing to leave the country, mostly for the United States. Especially young people dont want the same problem their parents did waiting for the future to come and it never arrives. A taste of capitalism has helped, but its just a taste. In the 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 sensored. 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. When the government runs a business, its not always pretty. I walked into a stateowned store unlike anything i have ever seen. Can i buy a blender . The inventory was meager, largely a result of the u. S. Embargo. This sold mostly blenders and tvs. Where is the manager . Dont come to cuba to buy sneakers. They have a monopoly of importing clothing made in other countries and reselling it to the cubans. A private person cant do this in cuba. Can i buy shoes . I cannot . They havent had any new merchandise since december. Next week its coming in . Hopefully. 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 questions you are asking. [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything [kid] i wont, dad. [captain rod] happy Tuesday Morning captain rod here. Its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. Getting word of another collision. [burke] it happened. December 14th, 2015. And we covered it. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum my mmade a simple trip toonic the grocery storesis anything but simple. So i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. He explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. 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I headed about 25 miles southwest to meet this man. How are you doing . Marcus. In farming circles, he is a superstar. Four years ago, there was nothing growing here. We grow more than 60 types of vegetabl vegetables. Row after row of fresh green produce. He has a ph. D. In agriculture and used to lecture around the world. Were teach people about the environment and how they can eat better. When the state okayed farming as a private business, he quit the classroom and got his hands dirty. Does that need to be delivered . Let me help you load it up. Twice a week he packs up the aging soviet sedan selling fruits and vegetables to the top restaurants. All that arugula adds up. How much do you get for selling all of this. That are would be about 400. Not bad. Not bad. He is 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. A state merely allows him to work on it. The land is really its a social asset. You can see social asset. I will say government asset. In a capitalistic way of thinking, you can take a benefit from that square of land, but that will be there for thousands of years more. The land is a common asset. He not only pays his workers more than the average government wage, but he feeds and houses some of them too. He is socialist to the core. 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 . You are asking me difficult things. I cannot tell you how it cost. 5,000 . Maybe more. 10,000 . Less. Where do you get the money . Do you borrow from the government or have family send it to you from america . I dont like the kind of you can tell me. I dont like the kind of questions you are asking. Does it make you uncomfortable . Maybe. He told me the money came from lecturing overseas. Not something most cubans get a chance to do. I will tell you why im asking. Im not asking for any reason other than to understand. I can start asking you about your private how you invest your money. I dont. Cash only. I invest in people like you. How much do you pay to your employees . 12. 25 per hour. Thats the minimum. If you work for me, thats the minimum you make. Do you have one wife or more than one . Im not married. Not married . No. You gay . Im not gay. Any more questions for me . Yes. Let me think. Anything you want. I like mango juice more than average juice. Fernando seemed satisfy and our talk turned back to his farm. Can i see the bees . Im not going in there. I have a dress for you. As long as i dont get stung, i dont care how hot it is. When it comes to bees, i have no comfort zone. We started here with one beehive. Now in this moment we have 80 beehives. The hives yield about three tons of honey each year. He is forced to sell most of it to the state and the say the resells it for more than three times that. You sell it for 900 . They sell it for three times b you they cover transportation and give advice for us. They give you advice . I can give you advice and it wont cost you. At least the government is not buying his vegetables. Those he makes real money on. Later that day the greens we packed up arrived. Its one of havanas hottest restaurants. The magnet for celebrities like madonna, rihanna and jay z. Enrique owns the place. Welcome. This is beautiful. He grew up in the building. People eat where he used to sleep. This is your original apartment . This is where you grew up. This was my bathroom. Very cool. It cook more than a little creativity. You can limit a restaurant to just 50 seats. He figured out a way to at another 50 by applying for a cafeteria license. How many seats do you have . Two seatings so 200 and how much does it cost for a person to eat here . Its like 40 a person. You will do 8,000 in a night . On the best night. And the worst night . 3,000 or 4,000 . Less. No i have seen that before. Cubans dont want to call attention to the money they are making, but his success is obvious. He just opened a new roof top bar with great views. And the tourists are drinking it in. What do you think of the view . The best part about it, if anyone wants to experience in cuba. Dinner here costs the average cuban almost two months of salary. He wants to change that. More locals, less tourists. Thats my dream. How do you think that becomes possible . I hope our cuban economy can grow and develop. With 40 employees, he 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 and admiration for you, but i want to eat your food. Lets go eat some food. Up next you ever go fish something. No. Travel down any road in havana and you will find a surprise at every turn. 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