Following the trend, bucking the odds - Framingham, Massachusetts

“Even before Manuel Perez immigrated from his native El Salvador in 1979, he dreamed of running a small business, one he could call his own, where he could be his own boss and reap the fruits of his hard work.

More than 30 years later and over 2,200 miles away, Perez, 57, has made his dream come true.

Meet Perez and his wife Leonor, the owners and hosts of a new Latino restaurant in downtown Framingham. Squeezed between a Brazilian money-wire agency and an evangelical Hispanic church, the tiny place on Hollis Street is part of a national trend in growth among Hispanic businesses nationwide.”

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