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Charlie Gutierrez drizzles syrup on a piragua, a shaved-ice dessert traditionally topped with raspberry and tamarind syrup, at the entrance to a mall in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Gutierrez, who has sold piraguas here for 22 years, says he recognizes customers and even remembers their preferences.