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Opposite: Miguel Leyva, 22, epitomizes the young entrepreneurs reshaping Cuba. The brand promoter, model, agency owner (This Is This) and fashion writer also curates an Instagram account where he shares looks, styles and images from a lifestyle that would have been unthinkable 30 years ago. “Clothes have a strong connotation here, like a journalist writing an article against the government,” Leyva told Kahn. “It means to be free.”