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https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-content/uploads/old/la guarida_2.jpg11In an effort to promote citizens' initiative the government lifted the restrictions on small private business, giving a much needed boost to entrepreneurship. Cubans all over the country took the opportunity and turned houses, porches, gardens and comfortable relaxing strolls into cafes, restaurants, barber shops, rental properties and markets. The resurgent private sector expands, and this alternative is expected to absorb the surplus labor force from the state sector, in the midst of a difficult process of employment restructuring.