Word: marianao
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moreover, since the opening of the farmer's markets last October, there has been a flurry of economic activity even within the moribund peso-driven sector of the economy. One such place is the Marianao farmer's market, in a drab workers' suburb of Havana, where customers seem to be complaining about high prices--but are still buying. A vendor named Jorge is doing a brisk trade in his homemade marinade of vinegar, garlic, onion, salt and cumin. ``I used to teach language at the university,'' he explains. ``But I was making only 325 pesos a month. Life is very...