Latin America in Focus Clandestina's Founders on Building a Fashion Brand in a Shifting Cuba
Cuba’s private sector has made a significant leap since its opening, counting nearly 600,000 micro-businesses owners, or cuentapropistas, today. Among its best-known entrepreneurs are the founders of Clandestina, Cuba’s first independent fashion label. AS/COA Online’s Elizabeth Gonzalez spoke to Idania del Rio and Leire Fernandez about their experience launching their business, the implications of the latest private-sector reforms, and the future of same-sex marriage on the island.
This conversation took place at an AS/COA Young Professionals of the Americas event. Find out more at: www.as-coa.org/ypa
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