If a decade ago, ice cream production in Cuba was practically in the hands of state industry and the multinational Nestle company, this market has extended to the emerging private sector after the national market opened to some types of self-employment in 2010.

In a leap backwards, the Cuban government has published a massive compendium of tough new regulations governing the island’s struggling private enterprises.

The struggle for Cuba’s private sector is still very long. There are still so many stigmas and walls that need to be knocked down. Nearly 15 days before it’s been a year since self-employment licenses were frozen, it was finally announced that it will be 5 more months until regulations that “reorganize” (and limit) this sector will come into effect.