Fidel gone and Trump looming, Cuban businesses count on more reforms

HAVANA (Reuters) - While mourning Fidel Castro's death in the breezy salon of her elegant private restaurant in Havana, Niuris Higueras also hopes the reforms that allowed her business to flourish will deepen, and survive any friction with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Cuba's Communist government eased restrictions on small businesses six years ago and restaurants - called paladares, or "palates" - have since boomed, helped by a surge of tourist dollars since a detente agreed in late 2014 with the United States.