A historic two-day meeting has concluded in Miami between 70 Cuban small business owners and mostly Cuban-American businessmen to help grow Cuba's private sector.

These are the voices of Cuba's #Mipymes, who are transforming the island's economic landscape in the face of stifling U.S. sanctions.

“One of the biggest goals of many Cuban Mipymes is to access the U.S. market,” says Miguel Menéndez, CTO of private software development firm Guajiritios.

“The complications are obvious:” says Beatriz Franco, COO of the construction company BLS Industry and Technology. “The embargo.”

But she says Cuban entrepreneurs are hopeful due to a slight opening over the past years from the Cuban government as well as signs of looming regulatory change from the Biden administration.

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