Self-employment, an option recently eased by the Cuban state as part of the economic restructuring undertaken in the island, is exercised at present by over 15 740 residents in the country’s central province, Sancti Spiritus.»

The central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, which will turn 500 in 2014, seeks to rescue its patrimonial values without interfering with the village’s current development, in order to apply for the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site condition.»