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Small shops boom as Cuban private sector takes hold
Small shops boom as Cuban private sector takes hold
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Like mushrooms after the rain, small stores are springing up all over Havana, many run from homes or garages as the private sector finally gains a foothold in communist Cuba. He lost his work in a restaurant that closed during the pandemic, then opened a Hawaiian fast-food restaurant with two friends, which they run from a private home.

QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond
QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Leafing through the leather-bound menu at a classic Rio de Janeiro restaurant, the tile-floored, wood-paneled Armazem Sao Thiago, 28-year-old Paula Cardoso says something that amounts to heresy in this establishment: "I prefer QR code menus." They are "much more practical," says Cardoso, the trendy young marketing manager who found herself going vintage at Armazem Sao Thiago.