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Santiago bustles with the work of Cuba’s new self-employed

April 9, 2012

Miami Whitfield, The Miami Herald

SANTIAGO, Cuba -- SANTIAGO , Cuba As Denia Ojeda Oliva combs a sable tint into a customer’s hair at the Ibis beauty salon, she laments the high cost of beauty supplies.

But that’s just one of the concerns at Ibis since it was converted from a state-run salon to one owned by the employees who now pay taxes to the government.

As cuentapropistas — the term for Cuba’s self-employed — they must worry about paying the electric bill, maintaining the shop, and, of course, paying taxes they find a bit too high for comfort....

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