How can we help this Administration to really help those small business owners in Cuba, I repeat, that have no contact or connections with the regime in order to open up a good store if they want to or to have their own privately owned business?
María Elvira Salazar: “How can we help this Administration to really help those small business owners in Cuba, I repeat, that have no contact…”
On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
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Salazar emphasizes the need for support for Cuban small business owners without government ties.
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